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Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.

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Pain relief is rewarding

Categories: Acupuncture research
Relief of pain is rewarding, according to a researchers from the USA. They demonstrated that treatments that relieve the unpleasant feeling of pain also activate reward circuits in the brain and thus reinforce behaviors that result in relief of pain. Presumably this is what keeps people coming back for acupuncture treatment... (Pain relief produces negative reinforcement through activation of meso ...
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Gingko extract has potential as psoriasis treatment

Categories: Skin / dermatology
Iranian authors reviewing the currently available literature suggest that an extract of Gingko biloba (GB, pinyin: Bai Guo Ye) has the potential to be effective against psoriasis.
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Propolis can halt spread of prostate cancer cells

Categories: Cancer, Male disorders
An extract of bee propolis (Feng Jiao) can slow the growth of prostate cancer tumours, American researchers have discovered.
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Component herbs of Dang Gui Decoction have synergistic actions

Categories: Herb research
Further evidence for biochemical synergy between the components of the herbal decoction Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang (DBT, Dang Gui Decoction to Tonify the Blood) have been found by scientists from Hong Kong.
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Deqi and sharp pain produce different brain activity patterns

Categories: Acupuncture research
Another Chinese study has found that acupuncture needle sensations of deqi and sharp pain are associated with different patterns of activations and deactivations in the brain.
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Designing the control group in acupuncture RCTs

Categories: Acupuncture research
Taiwanese authors have compared the advantages and limitations associated with different control group designs in acupuncture RCTs.
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Different autonomic response at wood and metal acupoints

Categories: Acupuncture research
Investigators from South Korea have found that the effect of acupuncture on the autonomic nervous system differs between the wood and metal points of the Pericardium and San Jiao channels.
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Nitric oxide may be involved in acupuncture mechanism

Categories: Acupuncture research
An experimental study carried out in Korea has found that the skin at acupuncture points contains higher levels of the signaling molecule nitric oxide (NO) than surrounding areas.
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Needling Yintang N-NH-3 and Baihui DU-20 has lasting effects on brain activity

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
An fMRI study from China has found changes in brain activity following electro-acupuncture (EA) at acupoints Yintang N-NH-3 and Baihui DU-20, both of which are used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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