Research Archive
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Korean researchers have found that acupuncture treatment can reduce the amount of attention that smokers pay to smoking-related visual cues, and that this is associated with improvement in cigarette withdrawal symptoms. Previous...
A study carried out in the State University Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry in Sofia, Bulgaria, compared the use of body acupuncture [Hegu L.I.-4, Quchi L.I.-11, Neiguan P-6, Waiguan SJ-5, Wangu SI-4, Shuaigu GB-8, Yangbai...
The starchy root tuber Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae) was noted as combating drunkeness in a 7th century CE Chinese pharmacopoeia. It is much used in China and Hong Kong by traditional herbalists where it has been found to be effective...
A study carried out at the University of Oslo compared the use of acupuncture at a) points with a reputed anti-smoking effect (test group), and b) points with no such reputation (control group). Treatment combined body...
This study randomly assigned 46 smokers to two groups. One was treated at points recognised for their anti-smoking effect, whilst the other was given acupuncture treatment at points assumed to have no effect for smoking cessation....
More support for the important role of acupuncture in treating substance abuse comes from a study carried out in the psychiatric unit of a general hospital on 47 patients. Compared to a control group, those who received auricular...
Rapid Opiate Detoxification (ROD) is considered to be one of the most effective treatments for substance abuse but is associated with severe withdrawal symptoms. In a study to determine if acupuncture could reduce these symptoms,...
Research has shown that acupuncture can offer significant benefits to public health programmes to help people stop smoking. 141 smokers were assigned to receive either i. true acupuncture and anti-smoking education, ii. sham...
A Swedish study has investigated the possible benefits of giving ear acupuncture to male and female substance abusers in prison. Prisoners were offered a treatment programme comprising 14 treatments over a 4-week period. 145...
Auricular acupuncture continues to gain popularity as an adjunct to substance abuse treatment. In a study carried out by Merle West Center for Medical
Research, thirty-seven patients who received acupuncture (AC) during the ...