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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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ACUPRESSURE AT YINGTANG REDUCES KID'S PRE-OP ANXIETY

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

Acupressure at Yintang (M-HN-3) has been found to reduce preprocedural anxiety in children undergoing endoscopic examination.

ACUPRESSURE INCREASES WEIGHT GAIN IN PREMATURE INFANTS

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

An experimental trial has investigated the effects of acupressure and meridian massage on increasing body weight in premature infants.

LASER ACUPUNCTURE EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN'S HEADACHES

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

Laser acupuncture can provide significant benefit in the treatment of children with headache.

ACUPUNCTURE FOR CHILDREN

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

As part of a paediatric pain management program, acupuncture reduces pain scores by over 5 points on a 10-point scale and improves overall well being, new suggests a new study.

ACUPUNCTURE & CHILDHOOD CONSTIPATION

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

Constipation in children accounts for between 10-25% of referrals to paediatric gastro-intestinal clinics.

ACUPUNCTURE AND BEDWETTING

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

50 children, aged 9-18 years, suffering from primary persistent nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) were treated by traditional Chinese acupuncture.

HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

One hundred hyperactive children were treated with Tiaoshen Liquor composed of Chinese herbal medicines.

CHINESE HERBS AND STEROID-DEPENDENT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics

37 children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) were treated with Chai-Ling-Tang (Sairei-to).

TAI CHI AND OSTEOARTHRITIS

Categories: Arthritis

South Korean research has shown that (Sun-style) tai chi is effective in alleviating several symptoms of osteoarthritis.