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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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Chang Shan offers treatment for autoimmunity

Categories: Immunity, Herb research

An active component extracted from the herb Chang Shan (Dichroae Radix) may be useful in the treatment of autoimmune disorders.

Evidence for acupuncture point specificity

Categories: Acupuncture research

A review article from American authors focuses on clinical and laboratory studies supporting the existence of point specificity in acupuncture, but also addresses studies that do not support this concept.

The 'neural acupuncture unit'

Categories: Acupuncture research

The concept of the ‘neural acupuncture unit’ (NAU) has been put forward by an international team of authors as a new way of interpreting the effects and mechanisms of acupuncture.

Acupuncture may regulate physiology via its effect on heart rate

Categories: Acupuncture research

A discussion paper by a team of American authors argues that the ability of acupuncture to affect heart rate variability (HRV) might explain how it is able to regulate complex physiological systems.

Acupuncture points are large fields

Categories: Acupuncture research

A study by German and US authors has revealed a high degree of variation in the localisation of acupuncture points, and suggests that the term 'acupuncture field' may in fact be more appropriate.

Patients' experience of acupuncture for low back pain

Categories: Acupuncture research

A group of UK authors has used a qualitative approach to examine in detail how participants in an RCT, conducted in the USA, conceptualised placebos.

Effect of expectancy on acupuncture outcomes

Categories: Acupuncture research

A systematic review has investigated the effect of patient expectancy on treatment responses to acupuncture.

Non-specific effects of treatment benefit patients and should be optimised

Categories: Acupuncture research

A systematic review has concluded that the non-specific effects of sham acupuncture are likely to bring tangible benefits to patients, compared with no treatment.

Overview of acupuncture fMRI studies

Categories: Acupuncture research

An international team of authors has conducted a systematic overview of studies that have used fMRI to investigate brain responses to acupuncture, concluding that it can affect a broad network of regions involving somatosensory, affective and cogniti ...