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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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Items 1099 to 1107 of 2280 total

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Acupuncture affects pain processing in migraineurs

Categories: Headache & migraine
Chinese researchers have found traditional acupuncture to be more effective for pain reduction in migraine sufferers than a control acupuncture treatment and have correlated this effect to differences in activity in pain-related brain regions.
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Moxibustion fights chronic fatigue through 'antioxidant' activity

Categories: Fatigue, Acupuncture research
Researchers from South Korea have found clinical evidence for an anti-fatigue effect of indirect moxibustion and suggest that the effect could be because the technique acts like an antioxidant. An RCT was performed with 44 patients who had idiopathic chronic fatigue. Subjects were treated with either moxibustion (indirect moxibustion on Guanyuan REN-4 and Shenque REN-8) or a placebo procedure, thr ...
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Acupuncture promotes weight loss by regulating hunger hormones

Categories: Obesity
Acupuncture may help to regulate weight in obese subjects because of its beneficial effects on hormones that influence hunger and satiation.
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Tai chi helps seniors with depression

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A meta-analysis suggests that tai chi can help reduce symptoms of depression in older adults. Authors from the USA and China analysed four trials with a total of 253 participants. Compared with waiting list control groups, tai chi appeared to have a significant impact on reducing depressive symptoms. (Tai chi and reduction of depressive symptoms for older adults: A meta-analysis of randomized tria ...
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Tai chi beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis

Categories: Arthritis , Tai chi
A pilot study suggests that practicing tai chi can help people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis both mentally and physically. A pragmatic non-randomised before/after study compared the effects of two interventions on 21 RA patients who were allocated into two groups. Both groups followed a tai chi exercise programme, twice a week for 12 weeks, and one group also received auricular acupressure t ...
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Acupuncture helps ease breathing in COPD

Categories: Respiratory disorders
According to a trial carried out in Japan, acupuncture is associated with clinically relevant improvements of dyspnoea on exertion (DOE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Sixty-eight patients with COPD were randomised to either real or non-penetrating placebo acupuncture for 12 weeks, in addition to standard medication. A standardised acupuncture protocol was used (Zho ...
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Red yeast rice prevents death in heart disease patients

Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Diet research
A meta-analysis by Chinese authors suggests that Xuezhikang (a partially purified extract of fermented red yeast rice) has a lipid-regulating effect and is safe and effective in reducing cardiovascular events in coronary heart disease patients (CHD).
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Acupuncture improves dyspepsia

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese study has found that acupuncture treatment can significantly improve symptoms and quality of life for functional dyspepsia (FD) patients and that this correlates with specific changes in brain activity.
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Acupuncture provides additional benefit in IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
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