Acupuncture News

There are several good trials of acupuncture for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia after shingles. These
universally show that acupuncture is not effective for treating postherpetic neuralgia pain.

Can Acupuncture help treat bronchitis? According to researchers at Wangjing Hospital in Beijing, acupuncture can
provide both short and long-term benefits for chronic bronchitis.

In the past few years, studies in China and Europe have shown that a combination of body and ear (or auricular)
acupuncture can reduce symptoms in patients with minor depression, chronic anxiety disorders and general anxiety
disorders.

Acupuncture represents a highly promising and effective treatment option for chronic back pain according to study
co-author Dr. Heinz Endres of Ruhr University Bochum in Bochum, Germany.

The body can reveal what ails it by its pulse, explains traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Kimberly Halsey. This
2,000-year-old system, which includes acupuncture and other forms of treatment, can offer relief for some of
2008's common heal

According to a research study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology,
acupuncture could improve chronic pain and shoulder mobility in cancer patients. In addition, acupuncture could
significantly reduce extreme dryness in mouth in these patients.

Integrated approach to care in the form of alternative therapies is here to stay. The ancient Chinese medical
practice of acupuncture is being incorporated as an acudetox program by Montgomery County Council to treat drug
addiction.

Alternative treatments to manage diabetes include acupuncture, biofeedback, guided imagery, and vitamin and mineral
supplementation.

In the seventies, acupuncture was used in China and Japan as anesthesia in abdominal operations such as appendicitis.
Although acupuncture has no side effects and is simple to use, it was found that anesthesia produced by acupuncture
had individual variations and took too much time.  Acupuncture analgesia is being considered now as a way
to activate ...

According to a randomized, controlled trial led by David Pfister, MD, Chief of the Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Service, and Barrie Cassileth, PhD, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center (MSKCC), acupuncture may help reduce symptoms associated with head and neck cancer.  According
to their study, which ...