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Acupuncture and Herbs Alleviate Restless Leg Syndrome

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture and herbs alleviate restless leg syndrome (RLS). Researchers tested two forms of treatments and the findings indicate that acupuncture combined with herbal medicine is both safe and effective for the treatment of RLS. The total effective rate for acupuncture plus herbs was 95.24%. Restless leg syndrome (a.k.a. Willis-Ekbom disease) is characterized by a […]

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Acupuncture Helps Stroke Recovery

Acupuncture, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture helps in the recovery from a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Researchers from Guangdong Chinese Medicine School concluded that acupuncture significantly improves patient motor functioning and overall quality of life. Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Second Affiliated Hospital researchers conducted an independent clinical trial and concluded that acupuncture is an effective treatment for functional

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Acupuncture Affords Back Pain Relief From Disc Herniations

Acupuncture, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture and electroacupuncture relieve lower back pain due to disc herniations. Heilongjiang University of TCM researchers investigated the analgesic effects of both manual acupuncture and electroacupuncture. Both types of acupuncture successfully relieved focal lower back pain and sciatica. Electroacupuncture outperformed manual acupuncture in achieving the greatest number of positive patient outcomes. The total effective

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Acupuncture Plus Herbs Alleviate Depression

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture plus herbs alleviates depression. Funing County People’s Hospital researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of acupuncture plus herbs with medication therapy. The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapy group receiving acupuncture plus herbal medicine had a 93.3% total effective rate. The pharmaceutical medication group achieved a 70% total effective rate. Sixty

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Acupuncture Relieves Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Acupuncture, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture alleviates irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Researchers from the Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine investigated the efficacy of electroacupuncture for the treatment of IBS. A comparison group in the clinical trial received oral administration of pinaverium bromide. The acupuncture treatment group demonstrated an 86.7% improvement rate. The drug group demonstrated a 50% improvement rate.

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Meditation Improves Decision Making

Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of meditation to improve cognitive performance, emotional balance, and well-being. As a consequence, research into the psychological effects and neural mechanisms of meditation has been accumulating. Whether and how meditation affects decision making is not yet clear. Here, we review

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Mindfulness Treats Depression

Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Depression is not only the most common mental illness, it’s also one of the most tenacious. Up to 80 percent of people who experience a major depressive episode may relapse. Drugs may lose their effectiveness over time, if they work at all. But a growing body of research is pointing to an intervention that

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Mindfulness Meditation Produces Positive Well-Being

Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Mindfulness meditation has been reported to produce positive effects on psychological well-being that extend beyond the time the individual is formally meditating. Over the last several decades mindfulness meditation practices have been increasingly incorporated into counseling, medical, and psychotherapeutic programs to take advantage of these benefits. A large body of research has established the

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Mindfulness as Powerful Therapy

Mind & Spirit, Research / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] As research has burgeoned in recent years, mindfulness has migrated from spiritual retreat centers to counseling and medical facilities. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research on the understanding and treatment of mental illness, is getting serious about investigating mindfulness as a complementary treatment

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Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Vanquish Insomnia

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers document that acupuncture and herbs are effective in the relief of insomnia. In a recent finding, investigators have discovered that combining acupuncture and herbs into a comprehensive treatment regimen greatly enhances the total effective rate. The controlled clinical experiment investigated three separate groups. An acupuncture group, an herbal medicine group, and a combination group

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