Acupuncture News

Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia gravis is an neuromuscular autoimmune disorder, characterized by weakness in voluntary muscles. Severity varies and the disease affects breathing, swallowing, limb movements, and facial movements. Researchers at the Air Force Hangzhou Special Service Recuperation Center conducted a clinical study to compare the efficacy of conventional biomedicine to warm needle acupuncture. The study shows that

Acupuncture is effective for treating post-stroke hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP). One type of electroacupuncture was discovered to have optimal outcomes. Researchers from the first affiliated hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a clinical trial using a sample of 105 cases to compare the efficacy of electroacupuncture at various frequencies and wave types. The results of the experiment indicate that the 2

Acupuncture is effective for alleviating symptoms following percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) in patients with prolapse of a lumbar intervertebral disc. PTED is a type of microdiscectomy surgical procedure, often used for the treatment of lumbar disk herniations, and is associated with reduced blood loss, improved recovery times and rehabilitation, and less scarring associated with more conventional open microdiscectomy procedures.

Acupuncture is an effective treatment for hives (urticaria). Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine researchers compared medication with acupuncture. The study provides valuable insights into the efficacy of acupuncture as it proves that acupuncture alleviates symptoms and improves immunological responses for patients with urticaria.

Acupuncture is effective for mitigating symptoms, controlling asthma, and improving nasal cavity and lung function in patients with combined allergic rhinitis and asthma syndromes (CARAS). Researchers at the Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a clinical study comparing pharmaceutical monotherapy to the integrated protocol of combining biomedicine and warm needle acupuncture for the treatment of CARAS. The results of the experiment indicate that

Acupuncture is effective for treating intracerebral hemorrhage. An intracerebral hemorrhage is a type of stroke wherein a hematoma is formed within the brain. Researchers from the hospital affiliated with the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a clinical trial comparing usual care to the combined therapy of usual care plus electroacupuncture. The results indicate that the integrated protocol using acupuncture increases nerve efficiency

Acupuncture provides immediate pain relief for patients with acute gouty arthritis (AGA) when paired with a low dose of diclofenac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Researchers from Longhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a clinical trial with 90 AGA patients. The researchers compared the efficacy of a low dose diclofenac treatment, a regular dose diclofenac treatment, and a combination

Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. In a controlled study incorporating lab results documenting beneficial changes in pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, researchers at the Tangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine determined that warm needle acupuncture integrated with the use of the pharmaceutical drug omeprazole outperforms the sole use of omeprazole for the alleviation of ulcerative colitis. [1]

Acupuncture outperforms standard treatment for routine menstrual pain relief. Researchers at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hanzhong conducted a controlled clinical trial comparing the effects of warm needle acupuncture combined with routine pharmaceuticals to standard biomedicine monotherapy for the relief of primary dysmenorrhea. The addition of acupuncture into a treatment regimen significantly improved patient outcomes.

Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of tinnitus induced by cervical spine disorders. Researchers at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine compared the efficacy of treating tinnitus with warm needle acupuncture following the Xunjing Yuanjin Quxue principle to standard manual acupuncture procedures. Warm needle acupuncture outperformed manual acupuncture with an 86.67% total effective rate, higher than that of the