Can Acupuncture Help With YOUR Condition?
Asthma:
Acupuncture is significantly superior to medication in improving the pulmonary function of asthma patients with different state of disease, which is related to its function in regulating activities of the autonomic nervous system.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17580440
Allergic Rhinitis:
Acupuncture may help to improve the blood theology indexes with an increased volume of blood flow, and regulate the immunological function of the human body, thus giving therapeutic effects for allergic rhinitis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19894382
Pain Syndromes:
Knee Pain – (Osteoarthritis):
Acupuncture and moxibustion in combination achieve the definite clinical efficacy on osteoarthritis of knee joint and this therapy is superior to simple acupuncture in the improvement of motor function of knee joint and the alleviation of pain.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20518172
Knee Pain: (Osteoarthritis):
Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in pain relief and anesthesia, and has been suggested for treating various kinds of functional disabilities in traditional Chinese medicine, including knee osteoarthritis. The results of the study suggest that significantly improved gait performance in the experimental group may be associated with pain relief after treatment. Gait analysis combined with the VAS can be useful for the evaluation of the effect of acupuncture treatment for patients with neuromusculoskeletal diseases and movement disorder.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20137365
Low Back Pain:
The present study indicates that the combined treatment of acupuncture and baclofen is more effective than baclofen treatment alone to reduce pain in patients with non-specific chronic LBP.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20416100
Neck Pain:
For this pathology, the number of needles, 5 or 11, seems not to be an important variable in determining the therapeutic effect when the time of stimulation is the same in the two groups.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20842006
Shoulder Pain:
Descriptive statistics showed greater improvement of shoulder mobility (abduction and arm-above-head test) for the verum group versus the control group immediately after treatment and after 3 months. The trial indicates that Chinese acupunctureis an effective alternative to conventional orthopaedic treatment for CSP.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20655660
Headache & Migraine:
In conclusion, our study suggests that 1 month of acupressure treatment is more effective in reducing chronic headache than 1 month of muscle relaxant treatment, and that the effect remains 6 months after treatment. Trigger points help demonstrate the treatment technique recommended if a larger-scale study is conducted in the future.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20128040
Ob-Gyn
Dysmenorrhea:
The therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with acupoint sticking therapy is very significant for dysmenorrhea caused by endometriosis, and it is a good therapy for this kind of disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20886791
Infertility:
Endometrial blood flow is directly related to endometrial receptivity thereby affecting in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) outcomes. In recent years a growing number of studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can play a role to improve endometrial blood flow and embryo transfer. TCM can be applied to improve endometrial blood flow so as to increase birth rates in IVF-ET. The combination of Chinese and Western medicines and acupuncture application will increase their combined effect, thereby obtaining greater clinical benefits.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152767
Menopause:
The goal of this study was to determine whether acupuncture would relieve the vasomotor symptoms of post-menopausal women. Both groups of women showed statistically significant improvement on all study parameters. This study showed that both shallow needling and verum acupuncture were effective treatments of post-menopausal vasomotor symptoms.