A Brazilian group has shown that electro-acupuncture (EA) can be used to promote labour as efficiently as the prostaglandin analogue misoprostol, but with fewer obstetric complications. Sixty-seven pregnant women in labour were randomised to receive either EA or misoprostol. … [Read more...]

The addition of acupuncture to an inpatient asthma rehabilitation programme results in improvement in bronchial hyper-reactivity and reduced anxiety for paediatric patients. In a German study, 93 paediatric asthma patients were randomised to usual care (sports, climate therapy … [Read more...]

The article below is very interesting and just goes to show the increasing numbers of people using acupuncture for a wide variety of ailments.  Could it be that we are just saying similar things in different languages? While the medics are using high tech methods to prove the … [Read more...]

An Austrian research group has shown that auricular acupuncture can be used to effectively reduce anxiety in patients awaiting dental treatment. A prospective, randomised, patient-blinded study involving 182 patients compared anxiety before dental treatment following three … [Read more...]

One of the commonest concerns among pregnant women is that their baby will not move out of a breech position necessitating a caesarean delivery.  But treatment with moxibustion and acupuncture will usually turn breech babies. The simple application of heat (moxibustion) to a … [Read more...]