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Intestinal Disorders Relieved By Acupuncture

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), according to a new study. IBD involves the inflammation of the digestive tract and includes ulcerative colitis, Chron’s disease and other chronic intestinal diseases characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea. The researchers discovered that electroacupuncture suppressed IBD by regulating peristalsis via its effective […]

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Headaches Relieved by Acupuncture

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[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture is effective for relieving headaches. Investigators note that acupuncture reduces the intensity and duration of headaches. In addition, they suggest that acupuncture can reduce the need for “drug therapies and is a valuable option for patient suffering from CDH [chronic daily headache].” In this controlled study, verum acupuncture was compared with sham acupuncture.

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MRI Shows Acupuncture Improves Vision

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[retweet][facebook] MRI investigation confirms that acupuncture point UB60, located in the ankle region, regulates vision. This new study builds on the research conducted at the University of California, Irvine wherein acupuncture point TB5 was shown to activate the auditory cortex of the brain. The amazing correlation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to biomedicine is that UB60

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Acupuncture Heals the Brain

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[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture stimulates brain cell proliferation in the cerebrum. The researchers note that acupuncture “exerts a neuroprotective effect in ischemic stroke.” The researchers also successfully measured the biochemical pathway by which acupuncture exerts this medical benefit to the brain. Stimulation of two acupuncture points was shown to activate the extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) pathway, an important

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Menstrual Pain is Relieved by Acupuncture

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[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture is effective for relieving menstrual pain. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory, periodic pelvic pain associated with dysmenorrhea is related to several differential diagnoses including cold stasis in the lower abdomen. In this investigation, researchers measured skin temperatures on the lower abdomen after the application of the warming needle technique to see if

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Meditation’s Antianxiety Effects Visible on Brain Imaging

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[retweet][facebook] All the more reason to attend my free meditation class! Individuals with no experience in meditation who participate in mindful meditation training sessions for as little as 4 days show changes in specific brain mechanisms that correlate with a reduction in anxiety, a new imaging study shows. “There is plenty of evidence that meditation

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Acupuncture Eases Urination and Bladder Pain

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[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture needling combined with moxibustion improves the condition of patients with refractory interstitial cystitis, a urination bladder disorder. Interstitial cystitis involves chronic bladder region pain that is often accompanied by urinary urgency, frequency and the need to wake at night to urination. Moxa needles were applied to acupuncture points over the sacrum and patients

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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Treated by Acupuncture

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[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture can have a very powerful effect upon PCOS symptoms achieving the same results as regular aerobic exercise but with even greater success according to a Swedish study. While this is not an invitation to abandon your exercise routine, for some women exercise – however intensive – is not enough to address their PCOS.

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Acupuncture Helps Lung Cancer Patients

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[retweet][facebook] A Groundbreaking new study concludes that acupuncture treatments correlate to improvements in symptoms experienced by lung cancer patients. The study notes that lung cancer patients experience pain, depression, anxiety, nausea and a lack of well-being associated with either the disease or cancer treatments. The researchers discovered that a minimum of six acupuncture treatments was

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Acupuncture Lowers High Blood Pressure

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[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture can reduce blood pressure. The study discovered that patients taking antihypertensive medications benefitted from further reductions in blood pressure by adding acupuncture to the treatment regime. As a result, the researchers concluded that “acupuncture should be in the hypertension treatment guidelines and widely used for blood pressure regulation. Acupuncture subjects chosen for the

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