Posts made in November, 2015

Acupuncture Affords Back Pain Relief From Disc Herniations

Posted by on Nov 28, 2015 in Acupuncture, Research | Comments Off on Acupuncture Affords Back Pain Relief From Disc Herniations

Acupuncture Affords Back Pain Relief From Disc Herniations

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 rate for the relief of pain was 97.5% for electroacupuncture and Read more...

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Acupuncture Plus Herbs Alleviate Depression

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Acupuncture Plus Herbs Alleviate Depression

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 patients were randomly divided into a TCM group and a drug therapy group. The Read more...

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Acupuncture Relieves Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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Acupuncture Relieves Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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. Sixty patients were randomized equally into two treatment groups. Group one received Read more...

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Mindfulness Meditation Instructions – Basic Practice

Posted by on Nov 9, 2015 in Mind & Spirit | Comments Off on Mindfulness Meditation Instructions – Basic Practice

Mindfulness Meditation Instructions – Basic Practice

The Basic Practice Try to keep your mind (but not your eyes) on the abdomen. You will thereby come to know the movements of rising and falling of it. If these movements are not clear to you in the beginning, then place both hands on the abdomen to feel these rising and falling movements. After a short time the upward movement of exhalation will become clear. Then make a mental note ofrising for the upward movement, falling for the downward movement. Your mental note of each movement must be Read more...

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