Acupuncture

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Acupuncture treatment improves idiopathic refractory nausea, abdominal pain and bloating.

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Acupuncture-moxibustion is safe and effective for treatment of acne.

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Diseases : Acne
Therapeutic Actions : Moxibustion

Acupuncture is effective as an adjunctive treatment to carbamazepine for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

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Acupuncture is effective in the symptomatic treatment of persistent allergic rhinitis.

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Bee venom acupuncture has a preventive and therapeutic effect on methamphetamine-induced addiction.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Bee Venom

Acupuncture and acupressure result in clinically significant improvements in quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive asthma.

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Therapeutic Actions : Acupuressure

Acupuncture and/or craniosacral therapy are potentially useful adjuncts to the conventional care of adults with asthma.

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Diseases : Asthma
Therapeutic Actions : Craniosacral Therapy

Acupoint sticking therapy has value for treatment of bronchial asthma.

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Acupuncture may have therapeutic value in the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

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Acupuncture may be an effective therapeutic strategy in the treatment of childhood autism.

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Diseases : Autism

Scalp acupuncture is safe and effective in improving language development in children with autism.

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Diseases : Autism

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of autism in children.

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Diseases : Autism

Acupuncture improves the effect of rehabilitative training for children's autism.

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Acupuncture during labor and delivery is effective and well tolerated by patients and medical staff.

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Acupuncture has a therapeutic effect on bladder function in patients who have undergone radical hysterectomy.

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Acupuncture can increase the level of brain-derived neutrophic factor and accelerate the process of fracture healing.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Bone Fractures

Acupuncture is as effective as low-dose prednisolone for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Additional Keywords : natural substances versus drugs

Acupuncture appears to have a therapeutic effect on obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

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Acupuncture attenuates glutamate level in global ischemia model of rat.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Acupuncture can relieve physical and mental fatigue associated with chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Acupuncture is well tolerated and therapeutic in treating acute exacerbation of COPD.

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Acupuncture contributes to a reduction of COPD-related dyspnea following exercise.

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Acupuncture is effective in decreasing pain in patients with cystic fibrosis.

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Diseases : Cystic Fibrosis

Acupuncture is effective for managing symptoms and illnesses associated with cystic fibrosis.

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Diseases : Cystic Fibrosis

Acupuncture compares favorably to fluoxetine hcl (Prozac) in the treatment of depression, without the adverse side effects.

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Acupuncture may be clinically useful for the radical treatment of diabetic bladder dysfunction.

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Vitamin B12 and acupuncture have therapeutic value in treating diabetic neurogenic bladder.

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Substances : Vitamin B-12

Acupuncture has therapeutic effects on diabetic neuropathies.

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Acupuncture improves symptoms of patients with radiation-induced xerostomia (dry mouth).

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Acupuncture may offer effective treatment for frozen shoulder.

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Diseases : Frozen Shoulder

Acupuncture is more effective than the drug Motilium in treating gastroparesis.

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Diseases : Gastroparesis

Acupuncture has a significant therapeutic effect on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

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Electroacupuncture combined with acupoint-injection can effectively relieve the pain of the patients with intervertebral disc herniation.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Electroacupuncture
Pharmacological Actions : Analgesics

Acupuncture and moxibustion improves heroin re-addicted rats conditional position preference and has a protective effect on the cerebral cortical neurons.

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Therapeutic Actions : Moxibustion

Acupuncture and moxibustion have therapeutic effects in the treatment of herpes zoster.

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Therapeutic Actions : Moxibustion

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of acute herpes zoster pain.

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Diseases : Herpes Zoster
Pharmacological Actions : Analgesics, Anticonvulsants

Acupuncture plus self-care can contribute to a clinically relevant reduction in hot flashes and increased health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women.

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Diseases : Hot Flash

Acupuncture and moxibustion combined with pelvic floor muscle exercises (biofeedback) improve symptoms of stress-associated female urinary incontinence.

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Therapeutic Actions : Biofeedback, Moxibustion

Acupuncture may have therapeutic value in treating urinary incontinence associated with spinal cord injuries.

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Acupuncture is effective in improving sleep quality in patients with insomnia.

Study Type : Commentary
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Diseases : Insomnia
Additional Keywords : natural therapy versus drug

Acupuncture in combination with food massage is superior to Alprazolam in the treatment of insomnia.

Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Insomnia
Therapeutic Actions : Massage/Therapeutic Touch

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of insomnia.

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Diseases : Insomnia

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of intracranial hemmorhage.

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Acupuncture treatment is superior to anestheic injection for the treatment of low back pain.

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Diseases : Low Back Pain

Acupuncture attenuates neuronal cell death in middle cerebral artery occlusion model of focal ischemia.

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Pharmacological Actions : Neuroprotective Agents

Acupuncture is superior to the drug metoprolol in preventing migraines.

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Acupuncture is effective in treating nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.

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Diseases : Morning Sickness

Acupuncture may have therapeutic value in treating morphine addiction.

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Acupuncture stimulation enhances the recovery ability of elite basketball athletes.

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Acupuncture reduces perceived pain arising from exercise-induced muscle soreness.

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Acupuncture improves nasal congestion in patients with chronic sinusitis.

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Nasal massage of the "yingxiang" acupuncture point improves nasal airway resistance and sensation of nasal airflow in patients with nasal congestion associated with acute upper respiratory tract infection.

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Therapeutic Actions : Massage/Therapeutic Touch

Preoperative acupuncture treatment decreased incidence and severity of postoperative naseau in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft or cardiac valve surgery.

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Acupuncture significantly reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting and is not inferior to antiemetic drugs.

Study Type : Review
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Acupuncture stimulates neurogenesis and may have therapeutic value in treating certain neurological disorders.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Neuritogenic

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of simple obesity.

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Diseases : Obesity

Acupuncture reduces the severity of withdrawal symptoms associated with rapid opiate detoxification.

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Acupuncture improves symptoms of chronic shoulder pain diagnosed as osteoarthritis or rotator cuff tendonitis.

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Acupuncture has significant improvements in bladder capacity, urgency, frequency, and quality-of-life scores in women with overactive bladder.

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Acupuncture in combination with Madopa may improve cerebral glucose metabolism in Parkinson's disease.

Study Type : Human Study
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Acupuncture may have therapeutic value in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Study Type : Commentary
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Acupuncture is well tolerated among term nulliparous women and holds promise in reducing interventions that occur in post-term pregnancies.

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Acupuncture at points LI4 and SP 6 supports cervical ripening at term and can shorten the time interval between the estimated date of confinement and the actual time of delivery.

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Acupuncture was judged superior to drug therapy in treating premature ejaculation.

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Acupuncture is effective in improving treatment outcomes in pyelonephritis.

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Diseases : Pyelonephritis

Traditional Chinese acupuncture is a reasonable alternative in treating patients with primary Raynaud's syndrome.

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Diseases : Raynaud Disease

Acupuncture can relieve pain symptoms of sciatica.

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Diseases : Sciatica

Warning acupuncture effectively relieves symptoms of sciatica.

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Diseases : Sciatica

Acupuncture may have therapeutic value in the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis.

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Diseases : Scoliosis

Acupuncture significantly mitigates acute lung injury in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rats.

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Diseases : Sepsis

Acupuncture is not inferior to conventional drug-based therapy for chronic sinusitis.

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Diseases : Sinusitis

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

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Acupuncture treatment ameliorated the smoking withdrawal symptoms as well as the selective attention to smoking-related visual cues in smokers.

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Acupuncture and moxibustrion improve the therapeutic effect of western medicine in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.

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Therapeutic Actions : Moxibustion

Acupuncture stimulates improved balance function in stroke patients.

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Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

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Diseases : Tachycardia

Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of patients with oromyofacial pain and craniomandibular disorders.

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Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders.

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Acupuncture significantly reduces pain in Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome.

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Acupuncture has therapeutic value in the treatment of primary trigeminal neuralgia

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Deep acupuncture at local acupoints has a therapeutic effect on trigeminal neuralgia

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Blood-letting puncture with cupping has therapeutic effects in acute trigeminal neuralgia.

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Therapeutic Actions : Blood-letting, Cupping

Blood-letting puncture with cupping has therapeutic effects in acute trigeminal neuralgia.

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Therapeutic Actions : Blood-letting, Cupping

Acupuncture has therapeutic effects in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

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Meridian acupuncture treatment is therapeutic in trigeminal neuralgia.

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Acupuncture is superior to antihistamines in treating obstinate urticaria.

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Diseases : Urticaria

Acupuncture can effectively improve clinical symptoms of chronic urticaria patients, which may be closely related to its effect in lowering peripheral blood IgE level.

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Diseases : Urticaria

Acupuncture combined with dermal needle tapping is an effective therapy in treating vertebrobasilar ischemic vertigo.

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Relevant Therapeutic Actions

Biological significance of piezoelectricity in relation to acupuncture, Hatha Yoga, osteopathic medicine and action of air ions.

Study Type : Commentary
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Therapeutic Actions : Osteopathic Treatment, Yoga