Search results for: 'He Che Wan'

Tai chi may reduce the incidence of falls more than conventional lower extremity training (LET) in the elderly, and its effects can last for at least one year ...

Acupuncture reduces the time to discharge following anaesthesia and gynaecological laparoscopy, reports a research team based in Switzerland and Germany ...

A retrospective cohort study from Taiwan suggests that patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who receive acupuncture treatment show a decreased risk of subsequent stroke compared with those who do not receive acupuncture treatment...

Acupuncture may enhance the effect of antidepressant drugs by improving connectivity in brain networks involved in emotional processing and stress ...

Individualised acupuncture treatment can relieve the symptoms of functional dyspepsia, according to investigators from Korea ...

Cochrane reviews of acupuncture for pain conditions are outdated, and do not reflect the current evidence base ...

Cochrane reviews of acupuncture for pain conditions are outdated, and do not reflect the current evidence base, ...

Taiwanese researchers have found short term acupuncture to be as effective as short-term low-dose prednisolone for mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Seventy-seven CTS patients were randomly divided into two treatment arms: drug treatment consisting of four weeks of prednisolone (20mg daily for two weeks, then 10mg daily for two weeks) or acupuncture administered in eight sessions over ...

Researchers from Taichung in Taiwan have showed that electroacupuncture administered before abdominal surgery significantly reduces the amount of morphine pain-relief required after the operation. 100 volunteers were assigned to 4 groups of 25. One group was given low frequency stimulation (2Hz), another high-EA (100Hz) and in another needles were inserted without electrical stimulation. Bilateral ...

A Taiwanese RCT has compared the effect of auricular acupuncture as an adjunct to atropine eye drops in the treatment of paediatric myopia. 71 children with myopia were randomly assigned to three groups: treatment with 0.25% atropine (0.25A) only, treatment with 0.5% atropine (0.5A) only and treatment with 0.25% atropine combined with stimulation of the auricular acupoints (0.25A+E). The primary o ...