January, 2024

• 12 January

  Acupuncture is effective in treating chronic tension-type headache

  

  Objective: To explore the demographic and disease-related factors associated with acupuncture response in patients with chronic tension-type headache. Methods: Using data from a randomized clinical trial (218 cases) consisting of 4 weeks of baseline assessment, 8 weeks of treatment, and 24 weeks of follow-up, participants were regrouped into responders (at least a …

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• 12 January

  Acupuncture is effective in treating postherpetic neuralgia

  

  Background: Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most common complication of herpes zoster infection and affects patients’ quality of life. Acupuncture therapy is regarded as a competitive method of treatment for analgesia. Objective: To summarize evidence from systematic reviews and evaluate the effectiveness and safety of different acupuncture therapies for treating postherpetic neuralgia. …

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• 12 January

  Acupuncture is better than western medicine at treating discomfort in pregnancy and is safe

  

  Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of pregnancy-related symptoms such as acute vomiting during pregnancy. Methods: We comprehensively searched the available literature up to November 2021, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, for randomized controlled trials …

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• 9 January

  Blood-letting cupping reduces eczema

  

  Objectives: To explore the clinical effect of Yang‘s pricking-cupping therapy and its central mechanism in treatment of eczema-induced pruritus using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Methods: Fifty patients with eczema-induced pruritus were enrolled in the observation group, and 50 healthy subjects were enrolled in the control group. No any intervention was delivered …

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• 9 January

  Acupoint massage at Shenque improves sleep and chronic fatigue syndrome

  

  Objectives: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupoint massage at Shenque (CV 8) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Methods: A total of 71 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome were randomized into an observation group (36 cases, 2 cases were eliminated, 3 cases dropped out) and a control group (35 cases). Using a …

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• 9 January

  Acupuncture improves analgesia effectiveness and reduces anesthesia drug usage

  

  Objectives: To evaluate the clinical value and safety of combined anesthesia of acupuncture-pharmacotherapy in pulmonary resection surgery. Methods: The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) related to combined anesthesia of acupuncture-pharmacotherapy in pulmonary resection surgery were searched in PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, SinoMed, CNKI, VIP database, Wanfang database, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the …

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• 9 January

  Electroacupuncture reduces anxiety and depression in chronic fatigue syndrome cases

  

  Objectives: To observe the changes in the regional homogeneity (ReHo) and functional brain network in treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with anxiety and depression comorbidity with the mind-regulation electroacupuncture (EA), using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Methods: Thirty chronic fatigue syndrome patients with anxiety and depression comorbidity were enrolled from …

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• 9 January

  Acupuncture and moxibustion is effective in early onset Bell’s Palsy

  

  Objectives: To compare the clinical effect on Bell’s facial palsy in the acute stage between the staging comprehensive treatment with acupuncture-moxibustion and western medication. Methods: Sixty patients with Bell’s facial palsy in the acute stage were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 30 cases in each one. …

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• 8 January

  Acupuncture improves lactation

  

  Objective: To perform a literature review aimed to analyze if acupoint stimulation increases lactation quantity. Method: Studies were collected from five electronic databases following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews. Eligibility criteria were full-text articles in English or Spanish with clinical trial design and observational …

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• 8 January

  Acupuncture improves sleep quality and overall health of Parkinson’s disease cases

  

  Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) of Parkinson’s disease have received increasing attention, but effective treatment options remain limited. Acupuncture may have clinical benefits for NPSs in PD patients, but high-quality evidence supporting this possibility still needs to be discovered. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on …

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