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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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ACUPUNCTURE FOR SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY

Categories: Neurological
This randomised study assessed parent's perceptions of the benefits of 6 months of acupuncture or osteopathy treatment of 50 children with spastic cerebral palsy. 96% of parents reported improvements, the most frequent of which were better use of the arms or legs (61% and 68%) and more restful sleep (39% and 68%) in the osteopathic and acupuncture groups respectively.Improved mood and bowel moveme ...
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ACUPUNCTURE FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Categories: Neurological
In a clinical trial of 21 HIV infected individuals with peripheral neuropathy treated by acupuncture, it was found that the treatment significantly reduced pain, aching, burning, pins and needles and numbness of the hands and feet. 10 treatments were given over a 5-week period. (J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Jun;10(3):449-55).
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ACUPUNCTURE INCREASES CEREBRAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Categories: Neurological
A small Chinese study has investigated the effects of acupuncture on the brain of Parkinson's disease patients using positron emission tomography (PET). Five patients received scalp-acupuncture together with Madopar (levodopa and benserazide hydrochloride), while the other five received Madopar only. PET scans before and after five weeks of acupuncture treatment showed increased glucose metabolism ...
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NEIGUAN P-6 FOR MOTION SICKNESS

Categories: Nausea & vomiting
A study on the effects of acupressure at the point Neiguan P-6, placed subjects in an optokinetic drum for a twelve minute rotation period. The subjects in the P-6 acupressure group reported significantly less nausea than those in dummy-point acupressure, sham P-6 acupressure and control groups. They also showed significantly less abnormal gastric myoelectric activity. (Aviation Space & Enviro ...
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ACUPUNCTURE AS AN ANTI-EMETIC

Categories: Nausea & vomiting
A review of 33 controlled trials into the use of acupuncture as an anti-emetic in pregnancy and following chemotherapy and surgery shows its effectiveness. In four trials where acupuncture was given under anaesthesia it was found to be equal to or inferior to controls. In the other 29 trials it was statistically superior to controls in 27 cases. The review was carried out by the UK's Research Coun ...
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NEIGUAN P-6 AND NAUSEA

Categories: Nausea & vomiting
In this single-blind randomised study, two groups of patients suffering post-operative nausea and vomiting lasting longer than ten minutes were respectively treated by i. needling at bilateral Neiguan P-6, and ii. needling of a 'dummy' point near the elbow. In both groups, needling attempted to obtain deqi, i.e. tingling, heaviness or numbness which occasionally radiated from the site of needling, ...
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ACUPUNCTURE AND POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING

Categories: Nausea & vomiting
A double-blind randomised controlled study of acupuncture versus a placebo was carried out on 81 patients scheduled for day case gynaecological laparoscopic surgery. The acupuncture patients who received treatment at Neiguan P-6 showed a 65% reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting  in hospital compared to 35%  in the placebo group and a 69% compared to 31% reduction after discharg ...
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ACUPUNCTURE & STRABISMUS SURGERY

Categories: Nausea & vomiting
The effect of stimulating Tianzhu BL-10, Dazhu BL-11 and Yanglingquan GB-34 by needeless acuplasters to control vomiting in children (age 3 to 14) after strabismus surgery was evaluated by comparing them with a group who received placebo treatment. The overall postoperative vomiting incidence in the acuplaster patients in a 24 hour period was 29.4% as opposed 64.5% in the placebo group (Acta Anaes ...
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ACUPUNCTURE AND SICKNESS

Categories: Nausea & vomiting, Pregnancy & labour
regnant women who experience exceptionally severe morning sickness may benefit from acupuncture in addition to standard treatment, researchers in Sweden report. In a study of 33 pregnant women, only 7 of 17 women were still vomiting 3 days after acupuncture compared with 12 of 16 women who received a sham acupuncture treatment, according to findings published in the October issue of the Journal of ...
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