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Acupuncture three times a week is better than once a week for indigestion

Three sessions of acupuncture per week leads to better symptom improvement and quality of life among patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) ...

Acupuncture treatment of chronic idiopathic pelvic pain

Author Jennie Longbottom BSc. MCSP, SRP Background AS is a 40-year-old woman, with an extensive history of chronic, idiopathic, pelvic pain, severe around ovulation and subsiding to a lesser degree some ten days after. She has been investigated by a number of gynaecologists, undergone several exploratory laparotomies, all results being inconclusive as to diagnosis and prognosis. She was recently ...

A case of sick building syndrome treated by acupuncture

by Heiko Lade (to contact Heiko please visit his website) The practice of a TCM practitioner can often bring unusual cases through your door & the case that is being presented now certainly stands out in my career. A female aged 38 originally sought Chinese massage to help with her fatigue and muscle aches and was then referred to me. Ten months ago she and about 20 others who had been workin ...

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

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. ...

Herbs reduce need for surgery in rhinosinusitis patients

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) who use adjunctive traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to manage their condition are less likely to require endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) ...

ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE

A Taiwanese study compared rehabilitation therapy plus non-needling electro stimulation of acupuncture points with rehabilitation therapy alone in the treatment of post-CVA hemiplegia. Electro-acupuncture was given 5 times per week. Patients who received electro-acupuncture had shorter hospital stays and better neurological and functional outcomes. The authors report that this study contrasts with ...

A serendipitous treatment of cerebral palsy with TCM

Joseph Balensi In the initial phase of a NIH funded study (Grant #P50 AT00008-03) at the University of Arizona Pediatrics Department acupuncture was used on several children with cerebral palsy. The hypothesis of the study was that acupuncture would reduce muscle hypertonicity in children with cerebral palsy. In the course of administering acupuncture the writer was reminded that needles are only ...