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Investigators from South Korea have found that the effect of acupuncture on the autonomic nervous system differs between the wood and metal points of the Pericardium and San Jiao channels.

Manual stimulation of the acupoints Zusanli ST-36 and Neiguan P-6 can influence gastric myoelectrical and cardiac activities in healthy volunteers.

Acupuncture has a potential role in treating the sexual side-effects of antidepressant medications, suggest researchers from Canada who carried out a pilot study.

Author Heiko Lade Patient Female aged 55 Symptoms This particular patient was referred by another acupuncturist who didn't use herbs and had not obtained any results using acupuncture alone. Technically she did not have Meniere's syndrome but certainly wind phlegm was active. She presented to me with the biomedical diagnosis of stibulitis (inner ear infection ) .There was a history of dizziness ...

Adding acupuncture to routine care can improve cognitive status and daily living of patients with vascular dementia (VaD) ...

Research from the USA suggests that traditional Chinese herbal medicines (TCMs) used to treat cardiovascular disease may act by producing large amounts of nitric oxide (NO). NO is a chemical messenger molecule that is crucial to the cardiovascular system because of its vasodilatory action. It promotes blood flow through the heart and circulatory system, eliminates blood clots, lowers high blood pr ...

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) can serve as complementary therapies to alleviate menstrual and perimenopausal symptoms, and improve serum sex hormone levels in women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) ...

A small case series by an American author suggests that a standardised acupuncture protocol may be effective for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy ...

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

Research carried out in China has found that both manual and electro-acupuncture can improve quality of life for depressed patients undergoing treatment with the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil).