Acupuncture Benefits Heart & Reduces Angina
TweetShare Research concludes that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of heart pain, angina pectoris. This condition, commonly referred to as angina, is chest pain due to ischemia of the heart muscle wherein blood supply is restricted resulting in concomitant oxygen and glucose deprivation to the heart. A major cause of heart pain is coronary artery disease due to atherosclerosis. The researchers found that acupuncture does not adversely interact with medications. More importantly, the researchers found that acupuncture decreases the frequency of angina and has the ability to...
Read MoreAcupuncture Lowers High Blood Pressure
TweetShare Acupuncture can reduce blood pressure. The study discovered that patients taking antihypertensive medications benefitted from further reductions in blood pressure by adding acupuncture to the treatment regime. As a result, the researchers concluded that “acupuncture should be in the hypertension treatment guidelines and widely used for blood pressure regulation. Acupuncture subjects chosen for the study had been taking antihypertensive medications for at least 24 months. Each subject was taking between one and three medications for the treatment of high blood pressure. The...
Read MoreAcupuncture Works for Anxiety, Depression & PMS
ShareTweet New research has just been released demonstrating that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of PMS, anxiety and depression. Researchers from the Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) and the Advanced Integrative Rehabilitation and Pain Center (Washington, DC) conclude that “there is high-level evidence to support the use of acupuncture for treating major depressive disorder in pregnancy.” In an additional study, researchers from the School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine) conclude that acupuncture shows effectiveness...
Read MoreAcupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Lower Back Pain
ShareTweet Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic lower back pain. Researchers studied back pain patients in an inpatient rehabilitation clinic in Germany. Two groups of patients were compared. Group 1 received acupuncture plus conventional rehabilitation services. Group 2 received only rehabilitation services. The researchers discovered that patients willingly accepted acupuncture as a means of care and showed significant improvements in physical functioning, overall health and energy levels and improvements in emotional well-being over the conventional care only group....
Read MoreChinese Herbal Formula Has Anticancer Activity
ShareTweet Zuo Jin Wan has been shown to fight colon cancer. In Chinese medicine, it is a small, wonderful herbal formula. It clears and drains liver fire, downbears counterflow and checks vomiting. ‘Liver fire’ is a Chinese medical diagnosis that has does not have an exact bio-medical correlate, but as it happens, manifests symptoms seen in many kinds of cancer. Not surprisingly, the underlying biochemical mechanism of ZJW has been shown to the reverse the effect of multidrug resistance on colorectal cancer in vitro and in vivo. Zuo Jin Wan treats liver fire invading the...
Read MoreAcupuncture Boosts Your Gym Workout
TweetShare Acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping can make your everyday workouts better. Oriental medicine provides remedies for everything from preventing injuries to speeding up recovery to boosting endurance Runners, golfers, and regular gym members are among the holistic health center clientele lining up to receive these treatments. To reduce pain, try acupuncture. If you’re limping around with a pulled muscle, the thought of getting pricked with dozens of tiny needles doesn’t sound pleasant, but hear me out on this one. In Chinese medicine, pain is a sign that a blockage of blood,...
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