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Acupressure at yintang reduces kids pre-op anxiety

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Acupressure at Yintang (M-HN-3) has been found to reduce preprocedural anxiety in children undergoing endoscopic examination. In the American study, fifty-two children were randomised to receive an acupressure bead placed either at Yintang (M-HN-3) or at a sham point above the left eyebrow. Children in the Yintang group were found to have experienced reduced anxiety during the 30 minute pre-operat ...

AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE FOR REPETITIVE SELF-INJURY

Categories: Psychological / emotional

A Canadian pilot study has tested the feasibility and potential efficacy of auricular acupuncture for the treatment of repetitive self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in depressed adolescents. In addition to providing relief of depressive symptoms there is evidence of an addictive component to this behaviour. Nine adolescent patients received three acupuncture treatments, once a week, over three weeks. ...

Acupuncture effective for depression

Categories: Psychological / emotional

A systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture for various depressive conditions has concluded that it is safe and constitutes an effective treatment for some forms of depression. Of 207 clinical studies of acupuncture retrieved from databases, twenty were considered to be of high enough quality to be subjected to meta-ananysis. The results showed that the efficacy of acupuncture as monother ...

ACUPUNCTURE LOWERS ANTIDEPRESSANT REQUIREMENT

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Adding acupuncture to medical treatment for depression can reduce the amount of drugs needed to treat the condition and therefore reduce the side-effects of medication. In a Chinese randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled study 80 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) were randomised to two groups: one received standardised verum acupuncture, 10 mg/day fluoxetine and placebo (VA) and the ...

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE REDUCES AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENICS

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Electroacupuncture appears to provide improvement in symptoms, including a reduction in auditory hallucinations, for schizophrenic patients. Sixty schizophrenics, who were partially responsive or non-responsive to treatment with the antipsychotic drug risperidone, were randomly allocated to a real electroacupuncture (EA) group or a sham EA group and treated for 30 sessions over six weeks. Patients ...

ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES POST-STROKE INSOMNIA

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Korean researchers have found that acupuncture benefits post-stroke-onset insomnia by reducing sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity. Fifty-two hospitalised stroke patients with insomnia were randomly assigned to either real acupuncture (RA) or sham acupuncture (SA). The RA group received acupuncture at Shenmen HE-7 and Neiguan P-6 over three days, while the SA group received sham acupuncture a ...

ACUPUNCTURE NORMALISES INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN DEPRESSED PATIENTS

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Imbalance between Type one (Th1) and Type two (Th2) helper T-cell functions and the resulting increase in inflammatory response have been implicated in major depression. A study by Canadian scientists has investigated the relationship between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in depressed patients and the effect of electro-acupuncture (EA) and fluoxetine (Prozac) treatment on these cytokines. N ...

ACUPUNCTURE FOR OCD

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Hong Kong researchers have carried out a pilot study suggesting that acupuncture is beneficial in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that is refractory to pharmacological and cognitive-behavioural therapy. Nineteen patients with treatment-resistant OCD were assigned to either electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment for 12 sessions (five sessions per week) or a waiting list control, wh ...

SEVEN-STAR NEEDLING IMPROVES LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Acupuncture stimulation may help improve language and social functioning in children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) according to a study carried out in Hong Kong. Thirty-two children with ASD were randomly assigned to treatment or a waiting list control. Those in the treatment group received 30 sessions of stimulation using a seven-star needle on the head, front and back of their body over ...