A large randomised controlled trial carried out in China has found acupuncture to be an effective treatment for functional dyspepsia. A total of 712 patients were randomly assigned to six groups. Group A received acupuncture on points of the Stomach channel specifically related … [Read more...]

Acupuncture has been found to be more effective than the oral antihistamine cetirizine at reducing experimentally induced itch in atopic dermatitis (AD) subjects. A team from Germany and the USA evaluated allergen-induced itch in 20 AD patients under a range of conditions in a … [Read more...]

A study carried out in Italy suggests that acupuncture at Neiguan P-6 can be used as an effective, non-invasive and safe tool to manage cardiac arrhythmias caused by atrial fibrillation (AF). Two patient groups were analysed, one group of 80 patients who had been diagnosed with … [Read more...]

The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published an opinion paper that supports the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women. Conceding that conventional treatment of CPP may be of limited … [Read more...]

A major national survey of practitioners of acupuncture in the UK provides an up-to-date overview of the profession and concludes that acupuncture provides a substantial contribution to the country’s healthcare. A team of UK authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of 800 … [Read more...]