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Electric acupuncture helps insomnia

January 24, 2008  
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sishenchongCM NEWS – Using electric to needle 4 “extraordinary” acupoints on the top of the head might have impressive effect on treating insomnia, a recent study indicates.

Researchers at the Shandong Provincial Hospital in China evaluated the clinical therapeutic effect of electric at a set of 4 acupoints Sishencong (EX-HN 1, “Four Brightening Spirits”, 四神聰) on insomnia. Read more

Asthma gets help from injection-acupuncture

November 14, 2007  
Filed under acupuncture, asthma, respiratory

zusanli1.gifCM NEWS – Injection of a traditional Chinese medicine herbal extract into a widely used point may have an anti-inflammatory and immune-regulatory effect on bronchial allergic asthma, according to a new South Korean study. Read more

Acunpuncture needles out low back pain

October 2, 2007  
Filed under acupuncture, back pain

Science Daily – Six months of treatment appears to be more effective than conventional therapy in treating low back pain, according to a study in the Sept. 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, although the study suggests that both sham and traditional Chinese verum appear to be effective in treating low back pain. Read more

Acupuncture offers long lasting relief to migraines

September 18, 2007  
Filed under acupuncture, headache, migraines, pain

CM NEWS has been proved to provide effective and persistent relief of migraine headaches, according to a new study in Italy.

To check the effectiveness of a true treatment according to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in migraine without aura, researchers of the Department of Medico-Surgical Specialities of University of Padua in Italy compared true acunpuncture to a standard mock protocol, an accurate mock healing ritual, and untreated controls. Read more

World’s largest conference on acupuncture to convene in China

July 12, 2007  
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Xinhua – More than 1,500 acupuncturists from nearly 30 countries and regions will gather in Beijing this October, to discuss the future of traditional Chinese medicine. Read more

Take a break – YouTube acupuncture

July 1, 2007  
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A Netherlands insurance commercial involving a guy getting needles placed all over his body (a Chinese healing technique). Watch to find out what happens next!

Placebo effect may be at play in acupuncture studies: analysis

June 28, 2007  
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Reuters Health can bring some relief to people with knee , but the benefits may be at least partly from a placebo effect, a new research review suggests.

In an analysis of 9 clinical trials from the past 15 years, researchers found that generally seemed to improve knee sufferers’ pain and stiffness in the short term. The patients had osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease associated with age, as opposed to associated with an autoimmune disorder.

However, a closer look showed that the benefits were limited to trials that compared with doing nothing or with “usual care,” such as anti-inflammatory medication.

In trials that compared with “sham” , on the other hand, there was no clear evidence that the real therapy was more effective.

Sham is accomplished by using non-penetrating needles, or inserting needles only into the superficial layer of skin, at random sites rather than the specific points used in real . In studies that evaluated electro-, the sham version involved phony electrodes and “mock” electrical stimulation of points.

The point is to keep study participants from knowing whether they were receiving the real or the placebo treatment. This helps separate the specific effects of a therapy from any placebo effects — where people feel better simply because they believe they’ve been treated.

The new findings suggest that the benefits of for knee are at least partly due to patients’ expectations, the study authors report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

However, that doesn’t mean is not worthwhile, according to the researchers, led by Eric Manheimer of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Research does suggest that has a “genuine biological effect,” and there was evidence in some studies that the real therapy resulted in somewhat better short-term effects than sham , the researchers note.

For their study, Manheimer and his colleagues combined the results of nine clinical trials conducted in Europe, the U.S. and Thailand. The trials included a total of more than 3,500 subjects.

Each trial included a patient group that received for knee , as well as a “control” group. In some studies, control patients were placed on a waiting list for , while in others they received some standard therapy that patients did not. Control patients in other studies received sham .

In general, the Manheimer’s team found, only studies that pitted against doing nothing, or against standard care, showed clear benefits. The results of the sham-controlled trials were too mixed to show any benefits, according to the researchers.

The investigators do not, however, dismiss the potential benefits of for knee . Indeed, they note, a possible explanation for the mixed results is that sham had some actual biological effects.

Given the overall safety of , the researchers conclude, patients can still consider it as one option in a “multidisciplinary approach” to treating knee .

[Annals of Internal Medicine, June 19, 2007]

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