Search results for: 'San He Tang'

A pilot study carried out in the USA has found acupuncture monotherapy to be safe, well-tolerated and effective, in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Thirty outpatients with MDD received eight weeks of standardised thirty-minute acupuncture treatment. The protocol consisted of manual stimulation at five body points (bilateral Shenmen HT-7, Hegu L.I-.4, Zusanli ST-36, Sanyinjiao SP-6 a ...

Turkish researchers have demonstrated a clinically relevant decrease in serum matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity in patients with migraine treated with acupuncture ...

Acupuncture and hypnotherapy have an equivalent effect to analgesics for migraine treatment, according to a study carried out in Turkey ...

Although many Asian practitioners are happy to specialise as acupuncturists, and therefore do not prescribe herbs, there has been a tendency in the west to feel that acupuncture alone is somehow inadequate. In the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis at least, this does not seem to be the case. In a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial, 65 patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis re ...

Electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment combined with antidepressants is more effective for improving depressive symptoms than antidepressants alone ...

Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve the sleep quality of patients with depression, conclude Chinese clinicians ...

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

A study from Hong Kong has demonstrated the beneficial effect of acupuncture for the main clinical symptoms of allergic rhinitis ...

Acupuncture’s ability to improve the symptoms of allergic rhinitis may be due to modulation of the upper airway mucosal immune response to house dust mites ...

Combining acupuncture with tuina can significantly increase its therapeutic effect in migraine treatment ...