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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.

Please note that the most twenty recent research archive items are free to view but access to the thousands of items in the archive require a journal subscription.

Indigo calms ulcerative colitis

Categories: Skin / dermatology

Japanese investigators have concluded that the chinese herb Qing Dai (Indigo naturalis) is an effective treatment for patients with active ulcerative colitis ...

Indigo works for psoriasis by down-regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine

Categories: Skin / dermatology

The Chinese herb Qing Dai (Indigo naturalis) is clinically effective for the treatment of psoriasis, and works by reducing levels of a pro-inflammatory cytokine in affected skin. ...

Auriculotherapy better than drugs for urticaria

Categories: Skin / dermatology

Auriculotherapy appears to be more effective than antihistamines for the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria ...

Acupuncture and indigo most effective for psoriasis

Categories: Skin / dermatology

The complementary therapies with the most robust evidence of efficacy for treatment of psoriasis include the Chinese herbal medicine Qing Dai (indigo naturalis) and acupuncture ...

Herbal medicine (CHM) reduces dermatological side effects of cancer treatment

Categories: Cancer, Skin / dermatology

A Chinese pilot study suggests that Chinese herbal medicine can reduce dermatological side effects due to treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors for lung cancer ...

Acupuncture helps with eczema symptoms

Categories: Skin / dermatology

A small study carried out in Korea provides preliminary data on the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of atopic dermatitis ...

Acupuncture as good as drugs for acne

Categories: Skin / dermatology

Acupuncture has similar effects to drug therapy for acne, according to a Chinese systematic review ...

Acupuncture plus ear acupressure helps with chloasma

Categories: Skin / dermatology

A combination of acupuncture and auricular acupressure has a better therapeutic effect on chloasma than treatment with vitamins C and E. ...

Acupuncture clears warts by initiating anti-inflammatory response

Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Skin / dermatology

An Israeli research team has found that acupuncture may be able to help clear persistent warts by creating an anti-inflammatory immune response ...