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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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Tai chi improves fitness and lung function in COPD

Categories: Respiratory disorders, Tai chi

Hong Kong researchers have concluded that tai chi is a useful exercise for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, and can lead to sustained improvements in their health.

Chinese herbs for cough

Categories: Respiratory disorders

A systematic review carried out by Chinese authors suggests that compared with Western conventional medicine or placebo Chinese herbal medicine can more effectively improve the core symptoms of post-infectious cough, have earlier antitussive effect a ...

Acupuncture is useful and cost-effective for asthma

Categories: Respiratory disorders

A large randomised study carried out in Germany has found that acupuncture is a useful and cost-effective add-on treatment for asthma patients.

Acupuncture improves paediatric asthma

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Respiratory disorders

A prospective, randomised trial carried out in Denmark has found that acupuncture can reduce asthma symptoms and medication use in preschool children.

Herbal medicine helps with common cold symptoms

Categories: Respiratory disorders

A multi-centre, prospective dose-escalation trial has found that a Chinese herbal medicine,

Acupuncture reduces allergic rhinitis symptoms

Categories: Respiratory disorders, Allergies

For sufferers of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), acupuncture treatment can lead to a modest improvement in disease-specific quality of life and can reduce antihistamine use, compared with either sham acupuncture or the medication cetrizine. In a multi-centre randomised trial, German researchers randomised 422 people with SAR to receive acupuncture plus cetirizine, sham (minimal needling) acupunc ...

Acupuncture has anti-inflammatory effects in allergic asthma

Categories: Respiratory disorders

A team of Chinese investigators has shown that acupuncture has regulatory effects on mucosal and cellular immunity in patients with allergic asthma.

Acupuncture helps ease breathing in COPD

Categories: Respiratory disorders

According to a trial carried out in Japan, acupuncture is associated with clinically relevant improvements of dyspnoea on exertion (DOE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Sixty-eight patients with COPD were randomised to either real or non-penetrating placebo acupuncture for 12 weeks, in addition to standard medication. A standardised acupuncture protocol was used (Zho ...

Damp environment leads to lung problems

Categories: Respiratory disorders, Lifestyle research

A UK study suggests that living in a damp river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems.