Abstract Background: The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and drugs in the treatment of diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of acupuncture and drugs were comprehensively retrieved from electronic databases (such as PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP Database, and CBM) up to December 2017. Additional...Weiterlesen

Abstract Within the last 10 years, the percentage of low back pain (LBP) prevalence increased by 18%. The management and high cost of LBP put a tremendous burden on the healthcare system. Many risk factors have been identified, such as lifestyle, trauma, degeneration, postural impairment, and occupational related factors; however, as high as 95% of the cases of LBP are non-specific. Currently, LBP is treated...Weiterlesen

Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine researchers find acupuncture effective for hemorrhoid surgery postoperative relief. The research team integrated acupuncture into a standard hemorrhoidectomy postoperative care protocol. [1] Patients receiving both postoperative care and acupuncture in a combined treatment protocol had superior patient outcomes compared with patients receiving only postoperative care. The researchers conclude that the addition of acupuncture to a standard postoperative regimen improves...Weiterlesen

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To explore the acupoint selection pattern of chronic atrophic gastritis and provide reference for clinical treatment of chronic atrophic gastritis. METHODS: The literature regarding acupuncture for chronic atrophic gastritis published before September 5th of 2016 was searched in the databases of CNKI, CBM, PubMed, etc. The information of symptoms and acupoint selection was extracted to establish medical database of chronic atrophic gastritis. The...Weiterlesen

1) Clinical Study On Treatment of Male Immune Infertility with Sheng Jing Zhong Zi Tang JTCM June 2002 70/34 Yang Baocun et al (Archive subscribers please click on ‚find out more‘ to see abstract. The full article is not available online and must be bought as a photocopy delivered by post). Clinical Study on Treatment of Male Immune Infertility with Sheng Jing Zhong Zi Tang Yang...Weiterlesen

Akupunktur bei IVF und ICSI In einer randomisierten, prospektiven, kontrollierten Studie (2002) untersuchten Paulus et al. den Einfluss von Akupunktur zum Zeitpunkt des Embryotransfers auf die Schwangerschaftsrate. Sie fanden eine signifikant höhere Schwangerschaftsrate von 42,5 % (34/ 80) bei Akupunktur im Vergleich zu 26,3 % (21/80) ohne Akupunktur. Da diese Untersuchung jedoch nicht placebokontrolliert durchgeführt wurde, können unspezifische Effekte nicht ausgeschlossen werden. The acupuncture points used...Weiterlesen

ABSTRACT The global average of couples with fertility problems is 9{44c7f096ae4a0f956ab9167e2bacde9c804851a57290d0086ec17557d44e93e0}. Assisted reproductive technologies are often inaccessible. Evidence points to acupuncture offering an opportunity to promote natural fertility. This study asked whether providing a multiphasic fertility acupuncture protocol to women with sub/infertility would increase their awareness of fertility and achieve normalisation of their menstrual cycle compared with a lifestyle control. In a pragmatic randomised controlled...Weiterlesen

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper was to determine the effect of acupuncture on perceived stress levels in women on the day of embryo transfer (ET), and to determine if perceived stress levels at embryo transfer correlated with pregnancy rates. The study was an observational, prospective, cohort study based at the University IVF center. PATIENT(S): 57 infertile patients undergoing IVF or IVF/ICSI. INTERVENTIONS(S): Patients were...Weiterlesen

ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the acupuncture treatment on sperm parameters and pregnancy rates in patients with primary infertility. Between January 2008 and May 2010, 30 men with the primary infertility (one year of unprotected intercourse, healthy wife) and varicocele with normal hormone levels and abnormal semen analysis were randomised into two groups. Group 1 underwent subinguinal microscopic...Weiterlesen

Objective To evaluate the ultramorphologic sperm features of idiopathic infertile men after acupuncture therapy. Design Prospective controlled study. Setting Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, IVF center Munich, Germany, and Department of General Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. Patient(s) Forty men with idiopathic oligospermia, asthenospermia, or teratozoospermia. Intervention(s) Twenty eight of the patients received acupuncture twice a week over a period of 5 weeks. The samples from the...Weiterlesen