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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 ...

Acupuncture and moxibustion may stimulate anti-cancer immunity, protect bone marrow cells and minimise drug side-effects in colon cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a pilot study carried out in Portugal ...

In Hong Kong, investigators have attempted to unravel the clinical benefits and underlying psychophysiological mechanisms of qigong based on information from published RCTs. Their meta-analysis of 26 RCTs showed that qigong had positive effects on blood parameters (increasing the numbers of lymphocytes, lowering total cholesterol), cardiac function (increasing stroke volume, peak early transmitral ...

Swiss clinicians have found that acupuncture can improve visual function and quality of life for nystagmus patients ...

A study by investigators from the UK suggests that both group and individual acupuncture may be effective for treating the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis ...

For years now Edzard Ernst has been launching a relentless campaign against acupuncture and other forms of complementary medicine ...

In a small Brazilian study, 19 male patients with sperm abnormalities (sperm count, motility and morphology) were randomly assigned to receive true (treatment group) or sham (control group) acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. The treatment group were needled at Qichong ST-30, Taixi KID-3, Zusanli ST-36, Hegu L.I.-4, Sanyinjiao SP-6, Gongsun SP-4, Taichong LIV-3 and Neiguan P-6 (with deqi), and ...

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

At first glance, this appears to be the decision we have been hoping for. A written Ministerial Statement from the Department of Health issued today reads as follows: Practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Andrew Lansley): The issue of whether or not practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese ...

Acupuncture applied at term may be effective in reducing the rate of labour induction performed for post-dates pregnancy ...