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Research Archive

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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Body ownership influences physiological responses during acupuncture stimulation

Categories: Acupuncture research

An international team has found that modification of body ownership results in changes in both local blood flow and brain responses during acupuncture needle stimulation ...

Four needles better than two

Categories: Acupuncture research

Using four needles may be superior to two needles in generating rapid pain relief with acupuncture, according to British investigators ...

'Four Gates' has specific effects on brain

Categories: Acupuncture research

The acupuncture point combination known as the ‘Four Gates’ (Siguan - a combination of bilateral Hegu L.I.-4 and Taichong LIV-3) can elicit specific activities in the brain, conclude Chinese scientists ...

Instructions given to patient can affect response to needling

Categories: Acupuncture research

Instructions given to a patient can significantly affect therapeutic outcomes and the relationship between acupuncture intensity and clinical response, according to research from Korea ...

Context is important for effect of needling

Categories: Acupuncture research

The context in which a needle is inserted into the body makes a difference to how it affects the brain ...

Needling Shenmen HE-7 affects heart rate variability

Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Acupuncture research

Chinese scientists have shown that acupuncture at Shenmen HE-7 can affect cardiac autonomic neural regulation in healthy subjects ...

Acupuncture improves brain connectivity in Bell's palsy

Categories: Neurological

Acupuncture can induce significant connectivity changes in the somatosensory region of the brain in people recovering from Bell’s palsy (BP) ...

Acupuncture beneficial for glucose metabolism

Categories: Diabetes

Acupuncture may exert a beneficial effect on glucose metabolism in obese women, according to a small pilot study carried out by an international team of investigators ...

Acupuncture reduces preoperative anxiety

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Authors of a Korean meta-analysis have concluded that acupuncture therapy aimed at reducing preoperative anxiety has a statistically significant effect relative to placebo ...