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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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First Chinese herbal medicine licensed for European sale

Categories: Herbal medicine

A Chinese herbal medicine used to treat heart disease has been licensed for sale in the Netherlands, making it the first Chinese medicine to receive marketing authorisation in a Western market since the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medici ...

Chinese herbal formula heals diabetic ulcers

Categories: Diabetes

A herbal formula has been shown to heal diabetic foot ulcers and help to prevent amputations.

Acupuncture effective for dyspepsia

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

A large randomised controlled trial carried out in China has found acupuncture to be an effective treatment for functional dyspepsia.

Acupuncture more effective than antihistamine for itching

Categories: Skin / dermatology, Allergies

Acupuncture has been found to be more effective than the oral antihistamine cetirizine at reducing experimentally induced itch in atopic dermatitis (AD) subjects.

Acupuncture can reduce atrial fibrillation

Categories: Heart / Cardiac

A study carried out in Italy suggests that acupuncture at Neiguan P-6 can be used as an effective, non-invasive and safe tool to manage cardiac arrhythmias caused by atrial fibrillation (AF).

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists backs acupuncture and herbs for pelvic pain

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published an opinion paper that supports the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women.

Acupuncture contributes substantially to UK healthcare

Categories: Acupuncture research

A major national survey of practitioners of acupuncture in the UK provides an up-to-date overview of the profession and concludes that acupuncture provides a substantial contribution to the country

Life satisfaction leads to a healthy heart

Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Lifestyle research

A satisfying life is good for the health of the heart, shows the results from a large study of British civil servants.

Microbial diversity in the gut may protect against allergies

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Diet research, Allergies

Having a high diversity of bacterial species in the gut may protect babies against developing allergies, according to a comprehensive study of intestinal microflora in allergic and healthy infants, conducted in Sweden.