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Acupuncture doesn't affect digestion and sleep in infant colic

Acupuncture does not appear to change some of the objective measures of infant colic, despite leading to decreases in crying time and subjective parental perception of benefit, conclude Swedish researchers ...

Herbal medicine protects bone marrow in chemotherapy patients

A herbal formula, Shuanghuang Shengbai Granule (SSG), improves symptoms and prevents bone marrow suppression in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy ...

Papers challenge NICE's removal of acupuncture from UK pain guidelines

In stark contrast to the increasing medical acceptance of acupuncture and other complementary therapies in the United States, and their growing inclusion in medical guidelines for doctors who are treating pain conditions, the UK's National Institute ...

Yishen Huazhuo decoction performs better than Aricept for Alzheimer's

A Chinese herbal formula has been found to improve cognitive performance in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) ...

Aplastic anaemia

Author M.M. Van Benschoten19231 Victory Blvd. Suite 151Reseda CA 91335 Abstract Mr. A, a 30 year old graduate student, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia on 11/16/94. Treatments with antithymocyte globulin, cyclosporin, prednisone, TCM formulas, and qigong therapy all failed to reduce need for transfusions. Acupoint diagnostic tests revealed multiple pathogens damaging bone marrow function, inclu ...

Cinnamon beneficial in many diseases

Cinnamon bark (Cinnamomi Cortex [Rou Gui]) has a potential role in the prevention of many diseases, according to a review by American authors.

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE FOR GASTROPARESIS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS

A randomised, single-blinded pilot study has demonstrated that electroacupuncture (EA) effectively reduces the dyspeptic symptoms of diabetic gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying) and accelerates gastric emptying.

Acupuncture reduces opioid use after bone marrow transplant

Acupuncture can significantly reduce the need for pain medication during bone marrow transplantation and can reduce postoperative opioid use ...

Science gets behind traditional medicine

The journal Science has just published a three-part series, ‘The Art and Science of Traditional Medicine’, which presents a persuasive set of arguments for the integration of traditional Chinese medicine into modern medical prac ...

Acupuncture helps with pain from spinal stenosis

Acupuncture can have a significant effect on pain and quality of life in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), according to a pilot case series carried out by Iranian researchers ...