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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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Auricular acupuncture for smoking cessation

Categories: Substance abuse
A prospective, randomised, controlled trial has compared auricular acupuncture for smoking cessation against sham in a group of 131 Taiwanese adults. The treatment group received auricular acupuncture at Shenmen, Sympathetic, Mouth and Lung points for eight weeks. The control group received sham acupuncture at non-smoking-cessation-related auricular points (Knee, Elbow, Shoulder and Eye). The subj ...
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ACUPUNCTURE HELPS OPIATE WITHDRAWAL

Categories: Substance abuse
A meta-analysis of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for opiate detoxification has been carried out by Chinese authors. They searched English and Chinese databases for randomised trials comparing acupuncture combined with opioid agonist treatment versus opioid agonists alone for treating symptoms of opiate withdrawal. Combined treatment was found to lower withdrawal-symptom scores, reported r ...
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KUDZU CAUSES AVERSION TO ALCOHOL

Categories: Substance abuse
A synthetic derivative of the kudzu vine [Ge Gen (Puerariae Radix)] has been shown to reduce drinking and prevent relapse in a rat model of alcoholism. Kudzu contains daidzin, a substance which causes aversion to drinking alcohol. Daidzin inhibits the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH-2), which metabolises alcohol into acetaldehyde. Decreased drinking due to ALDH-2 inhibition is attributed to ...
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ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE

Categories: Stroke
The aim of this study carried out at the Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital in Norway was to investigate whether acupuncture treatment, if given to stroke patients in the subacute phase (within 40 days of the stroke) in addition to rehabilitation would influence motor function, activity of daily living (ADL) and quality of life. 45 patients (median age 57 years) were randomised into a control group a ...
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ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE

Categories: Stroke
A Taiwanese study compared rehabilitation therapy plus non-needling electro stimulation of acupuncture points with rehabilitation therapy alone in the treatment of post-CVA hemiplegia. Electro-acupuncture was given 5 times per week. Patients who received electro-acupuncture had shorter hospital stays and better neurological and functional outcomes. The authors report that this study contrasts with ...
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ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE

Categories: Stroke
A Hong Kong study has cast doubt on the benefits of acupuncture for stroke recovery.  All 106 patients in the study (3-15 days after stroke) received standard stroke care (physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy and medical and nursing care) whilst a randomised subgroup also received Chinese manual acupuncture (35 treatment sessions using manual acupuncture on 10 main acupoints over 10 ...
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ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES POST-STROKE SPASTICITY

Categories: Stroke
A combination of electro-acupuncture and muscle strengthening exercises can significantly reduce the spasticity of the wrist joint in stroke survivors. In a crossover trial, seven chronic stroke subjects (average age 63) received two six-week treatment regimens: combined electro-acupuncture and strengthening twice a week, and strengthening twice a week only. Wrist spasticity was reduced significan ...
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ELECTROACUPUNCTURE FOR STROKE

Categories: Stroke
The effects of electroacupuncture for patients with ischaemic stroke have been examined in a randomised controlled study. Sixty-three patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke were divided into study and control groups. Both groups underwent a conventional rehabilitation program and the study group received an additional eight sessions of electroacupuncture over a period of one month. Motor perfor ...
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LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROACUPUNCTURE BETTER FOR STROKE RECOVERY

Categories: Stroke
A Korean study suggests that low frequency electroacupuncture (EA) may be more helpful for motor recovery after stroke than high frequency EA. Sixty-two patients with motor dysfunction, hospitalised one week to one month from onset of ischaemic stroke, were treated with 2Hz or 120Hz EA over a two week period. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs, measurements of electrical potential recorded in muscles f ...
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