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Electroacupuncture for motor recovery in chronic stroke

Categories: Stroke

A US pilot study has compared improvement in upper-limb motor function in chronic stroke survivors who received a combination of acupuncture and strength training, with that of subjects who received strength training alone. Ten chronic stroke patients with moderate or severe wrist muscle spasticity were recruited for the study, which used a crossover design with a random order of either combined e ...

ACUPUNCTURE IMPROVES BALANCE IN STROKE PATIENTS

Categories: Stroke

Investigators in Taiwan have found that acupuncture has an immediate effect on improving balance in stroke patients. In a single-blinded, randomised, controlled study, 30 stroke patients were allocated to experimental and control groups. All participants had needles inserted at Baihui DU-20 and at four surrounding points (1.5 cun anterior, posterior and lateral to Baihui DU-20) for 20 minutes. In ...

CHINESE HERBS AND ECZEMA

Categories: Skin / dermatology

A study has followed up a group of 31 patients with severe atopic eczema who initially took part in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial of a specific formulation of Chinese herbal therapy. All were offered continued therapy for one year after the trial was completed. Of 17 patients who took up the offer, 12 had a greater than 90% reduction of symptoms and the other 5 had a greater th ...

CHINESE HERBS AND HERPES SIMPLEX

Categories: Skin / dermatology

The combination of various Chinese herbs with proven antiherpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) action combined with acyclovir has been found to have a stronger anti-HSV-1 action than either the herbs or acyclovir alone. They reduced virus yields in the brain and skin more strongly than acyclovir alone, and exhibited stronger anti-HSV-1 activity in the brain than in the skin, in contrast to acyclovir ...

ACUPUNCTURE AND PSORIASIS

Categories: Skin / dermatology

Having become interested in the results of an acupuncturist treating psoriasis, members of a University Dermatology department in Sweden set up this clinical trial. The acupuncturist had treated with traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture (an average of 24 sessions), topical needling, ear acupuncture and Chinese herbal remedies. This trial drew a sample of 56 chronic but stable psoriasis suffer ...

CHINESE HERBS FOR ECZEMA

Categories: Skin / dermatology

A Chinese herbal formula had been found to reduce the production of inflammatory proteins linked with causing eczema. A Hong Kong team assessed the effects of the 'Pentaherbs formulation' (PHF, containing honeysuckle flower (jin yin hua), peppermint (bo he), peony root bark (mu dan pi), atractylodes rhizome (cang zu), and phellodendron bark (huang bai)) on immune cell cultures and patients with at ...

CHINESE HERBS AND ACUPUNCTURE FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS

Categories: Skin / dermatology

A Canadian study has assessed the effectiveness of combining Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. Twenty patients (aged 13-48) who had mild-to-severe atopic dermatitis were given a combined treatment of acupuncture twice a week plus a Chinese herbal formula three times daily for a total of 12 weeks. Assessments were performed before treatment, and at week ...

ACUPUNCTURE AND BREATHLESSNESS

Categories: Respiratory disorders

A recent study has explored the benefits of acupuncture in cancer-related breathlessness. 20 patients with breathlessness at rest due to primary or secondary malignancy were treated at Hegu L.I.-4 and at the sternum. 70% of patients reported marked symptomatic relief of breathlessness and anxiety for at least six hours after treatment and there was significant reduction in respiratory rate for nin ...

Acupuncture and asthma

Categories: Respiratory disorders

Anaesthetists from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have reported that the use of acupuncture in bronchial asthma can not only releive symptoms but also reduce the hospital's drugs bill (Schott C. et. al. Erfahrungsheikunde; 45: 5-9).