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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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Brain study provides evidence for acupoint specifity

Categories: Acupuncture research
The results of a Korean study provide neurobiological evidence for acupoint specificity. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain was performed in 12 normal healthy subjects during electro-acupuncture stimulation (EA) of Yanglingquan GB-34 on the left leg and a sham point (belonging anatomically to the same L5 spinal segment) on the same leg. EA at the acupoint and the sham point ...
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30 MINUTES OF ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE OPTIMAL FOR PAIN RELIEF

Categories: Acupuncture research
A team from the USA has found that the duration of electro-acupuncture treatment can affect its analgesic effect. Healthy volunteers were randomised to receive 0, 20, 30 or 40 minutes of electro-acupuncture stimulation (alternating 2/100 Hz at 5mA). Using a cold pain threshold test, the investigators found that 30 min of stimulation resulted in the most significant hypoalgesic effect, which was su ...
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RANDOM ASSIGNMENT RESULTS IN FEWER BENEFITS

Categories: Acupuncture research
Korean researchers have found evidence that patients randomly assigned to treatment groups in acupuncture trials receive fewer health benefits from treatment than those who were non-randomly assigned. They carried out a systematic review of six partially randomised acupuncture trials and analysed the pooled data. They found that the randomised acupuncture group comprised patients with different de ...
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Qigong effective for type 2 diabetes

Categories: Qigong
An American study has found that 12 weeks of qigong therapy resulted in significant reductions in fasting glucose levels in patients with type two diabetes. Thirty-two age- and sex-matched participants, all of whom were taking oral diabetes medication, were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Group one received the qigong intervention, group two served as the control group and group three un ...
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Tai chi practitioners are better at pointing the finger

Categories: Tai chi
Ageing has a negative effect on the ability to accurately point a finger toward stationary and moving visual targets. Tai chi practitioners, however, show significantly better accuracy than age-matched control subjects. A team from Hong Kong compared 30 university students (mean age 24) with 30 healthy older control subjects (mean age 72) and 31 experienced (mean 7 years of practice) older tai chi ...
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TAI CHI PRACTITIONERS ARE MORE STABLE

Categories: Tai chi
Compared with healthy controls, tai chi practitioners demonstrate better stability and body awareness. A cross-sectional study of 24 tai chi practitioners (mean age 68.5) and 20 age-matched controls carried out in Sweden measured various stability parameters in both groups. The findings showed that tai chi practitioners were able to lean further without losing stability and had better overall body ...
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Tai chi is the business at work

Categories: Tai chi
A Canadian study of female computer users has concluded that tai chi (TC) has considerable potential as a cost-effective way of promoting musculoskeletal fitness and psychological well-being in the workplace. Fifty-two participants took part in two 50-minute lunchtime TC classes per week for 12 consecutive weeks. Significant improvements in physiological and psychological measures were observed at ...
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Goji berries protect the eye

Categories: Herb research, Eye disorders
In vivo studies have shown that anti-oxidant phytochemicals from Gou Qi Zi (Lycium barbarum fructus, aka Chinese wolfberry or goji berry) can protect eye tissues from oxidative damage. American researchers studying type-2 diabetic mice observed that wolfberry extract could protect retinal pigment epithelial cells from the oxidative stress caused by hyperglycaemia. The researchers have previously s ...
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BU GU ZHI STIMULATES BONE GROWTH

Categories: Herb research
Extracts of Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea corylifolia fructus), a plant known as a Kidney yang tonic in Chinese medicine, can increase bone growth in vivo. The plant, whose Chinese name means 'tonify bone resin' is considered a common weed in Asia and is known colloquially as 'scruffy pea'. Studies in rabbits showed that a total of 275% more new bone was present in bone defects grafted with Bu Gu Zhi extrac ...
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