New state-of-the-art German medical research at University hospitals in Charité and Wurzburg has isolated a special body chemical responsible for the pain reduction activated by acupuncture. The anti-pain chem...
This study was designed to examine the effects of tai chi on low back pain in young males. Forty men in their 20s with low back pain were randomly assigned to two groups. Tai chi was applied to one group, and s...
Prior studies have demonstrated that ear acupuncture reduces anxiety prior to dental treatments, surgery and during ambulance transport. In a recent study, researchers compared the sedative impact of ear acupu...
Acupuncture is no stranger to sports medicine, having coevolved with the martial arts for over a thousand years. Many Kung Fu, Qi Gong and Tai Chi masters are skilled acupuncturists or benefit from acupuncture...
A recent study from Denmark found neither steroid nor platelet injections improved pain and functioning among people with tennis elbow any better than placebo shots over a period of three months. A follow-up...
The gag reflex, also referred to as a pharyngeal spasm, is an automatic contraction of the back of the throat that is usually evoked by touching either the back of the tongue, the roof of the mouth, or the bac...
Scientists have shown a direct connection between acupuncture and physical mechanisms that heal sepsis, a common condition in hospital intensive care units that springs from infection and inflammation, causing...
Zizhen Wang reports a new study in the Clinical Journal of Chinese Medicine which concludes that acupuncture combined with a special herbal formula produces more positive patient outcomes for rheumatoid arthrit...
Jennifer Warner of WebMD reports that researchers are consistently finding that, compared with standard medical care, acupuncture offers substantial benefits in preventing headaches and improving the quality of...
When it comes to treating pain, a new study published in the journal of Current Biology suggests Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been getting it right for thousands of years. Dr. Olivier Civelli, a phar...