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Acupuncture Reduces Shoulder Pain, Increases Range of Motion

Acupuncture combined with moxa is effective for the treatment of shoulder periarthritis. Suyang City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine researchers conducted a clinical trial comparing distal warm needle acupuncture with local non-moxa acupuncture treatments. The results show that patients receiving distal warm needle acupuncture have better recovery rates but lower total effective rates. The measurement

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Prostatitis Relief

Acupuncture, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook]Acupuncture alleviates prostatitis and reduces relapse rates. Jiujiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine researchers compared usual pharmaceutical treatment with acupuncture. The results show that acupuncture promotes local blood circulation, improves urethra and bladder function, and alleviates overall symptoms correlated with prostatitis. Drug therapy produced significant results and limited the relapse rate to 10%. In an

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Acupuncture and Herbs For Lumbar Disc Herniation

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Sports Medicine, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture combined with herbal medicine is effective for the treatment of lumbar disc herniations. Beijing Timber Factory Worker’s Hospital researchers investigated the effects of warm needle acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine on patients with lumbar disc herniations. The combined therapy produced a 69.2% total effective rate. Using warm needle acupuncture as a standalone therapy

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Acupuncture Balances Hormones, Increases Pregnancy Rates

Acupuncture, Research, Uncategorized, Women's Health / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers document that acupuncture produces higher pregnancy rates than fertility medications for women with hyperprolactinemia (HPL). Acupuncture produces a higher rate of pregnancies than fertility medications with significantly less adverse effects. In a controlled clinical trial, researchers document that acupuncture outperforms bromocriptine and bromocriptine plus clomiphene for the treatment of infertility for women with

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Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Alleviate Cirrhosis and Ascites

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Independent clinical investigations concur that acupuncture and herbs are effective for the treatment of cirrhosis with ascites. One investigation used an integrated treatment protocol consisting of acupuncture, infrared radiation, dietetics, and herbal medicine to achieve positive patient outcomes for patients with end-stage cirrhosis with ascites. The research indicates that integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Mindfulness Meditation Produces Positive Well-Being

Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Mindfulness meditation has been reported to produce positive effects on psychological well-being that extend beyond the time the individual is formally meditating. Over the last several decades mindfulness meditation practices have been increasingly incorporated into counseling, medical, and psychotherapeutic programs to take advantage of these benefits. A large body of research has established the

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Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Vanquish Insomnia

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers document that acupuncture and herbs are effective in the relief of insomnia. In a recent finding, investigators have discovered that combining acupuncture and herbs into a comprehensive treatment regimen greatly enhances the total effective rate. The controlled clinical experiment investigated three separate groups. An acupuncture group, an herbal medicine group, and a combination group

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Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture for Alopecia

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Researchers conclude that acupuncture combined with the herbal formula Huoxue Shengfa is safe and effective for alleviating alopecia areata. This condition is a type of hair loss typically characterized by round bald patches. In recent clinical experiments, 62 outpatient cases with alopecia areata were randomly and evenly distributed into a treatment group and a control

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Acupuncture Restores Function After Stroke

Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Research, Uncategorized / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Scalp acupuncture enhances neurologic repair and reduces cerebral edema due to an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a type of stroke. Researchers conducted a laboratory experiment on laboratory rats and discovered that acupuncture improves neurologic functions following an ICH. Additionally, a biochemical analysis reveals that acupuncture regulates expression of MMP-9 (matrix metallopeptidase), an enzyme that breaks down

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Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture Treat Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Oriental Medicine, Uncategorized, Women's Health / Laith Naayem

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medicine cures pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). This disorder is an infection of the female reproductive organs and may present as an acute emergency or a chronic illness. PID commonly involves infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, or ovaries. In many cases, bacteria from the vagina or cervix transmits to these

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