Acupuncture Continuing Education

Day: May 25, 2017

Acupuncture Restores Eye Movements For Diabetics

Researchers find acupuncture combined with moxibustion effective for the alleviation of diabetic oculomotor paralysis. Xinjiang Medical University hospital researchers tested the efficacy of combining acupuncture and moxibustion with drug therapy. The addition of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies increased positive patient outcomes by 45% for patients with diabetic oculomotor paralysis.       The […]

Acupuncture Soothes Gallbladder Attacks

Researchers conclude that acupuncture increases the clinical effective rate of the drug cefodizime for the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder). Xining Haihu Hospital researchers combined acupuncture with standard drug therapy. Patients receiving both drug therapy and acupuncture in a combined treatment protocol had superior patient outcomes compared with patients […]