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Research Archive
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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Acupuncture provides additional benefit for IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
Meditation and ear acupuncture help cocaine addicts abstain
Categories: Substance abuse
An American study has found that adding breathing-based integrative meditation and ear acupressure (IMEA) to outpatient treatment of cocaine addiction decreases drug cravings and leads to higher abstinence rates.
Herbal formula reduces Tourette's tics
A Chinese herbal formula, 'Ningdong granules' (NDG), has been shown to reduce tics in children with Tourette's syndrome.
NICE recommends acupuncture for headache
Categories: Headache & migraine
NICE (the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has published new clinical guidelines on the treatment of headaches.
Ginseng prevents hypotension during dialysis
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Herb research
Chewing slices of ginseng root while having haemodialysis can prevent patients' blood pressure from dropping dangerously, according to Taiwanese investigators.
Salvia improves oxidative stress in diabetes
An extract of Dan Shen (Radix Salvia Miltiorrhizae) can reduce oxidative stress in diabetic patients with chronic heart disease (CHD).
Placebo effect makes evolutionary sense
Categories: Acupuncture research
Up until now, the placebo effect has seemed to make no sense…if people are able to heal themselves unaided, why does the body wait for a sugar pill to prompt recovery?
The placebo effect and how therapeutic rituals affect the brain
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review by an Italian author has examined the placebo effect in terms of the 'therapeutic ritual' created around the patient and how this plays a crucial role in the therapeutic outcome.
Acupuncture as a mechanical activation and signalling process
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review paper from authors based in Hong Kong gives an overview of research into the mechanisms of acupuncture and proposes a new theory of the channels and the flow of qi and blood, based on the latest findings in medical imaging, cell biology and ...
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