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TCM Eases Eczema Symptoms

Eczema (dermatitis) is a condition that affects the outermost layer of the skin characterized by inflammation, redness, swelling, itching and in severe cases crusts, scabs and scales on the skin. Often there is a burning or itching sensation and usually accompanied with dry skin around the area. Factors that can cause eczema can be allergic, [...]

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Increased Blood and Oxygenation to Acupuncture Stimulation

 

A recent study published in Dynamic Medicine 2009, 8:2 tested to see whether there was any change in blood and oxygen flow to the trapezius muscle during and after acupuncture stimulation.  Two different areas were looked at, the stimulated region and a distal area of [...]

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Acupuncture Becoming More Mainstream in Western Medicine

This article is from Mayoclinic.org posted on Dec 26, 2008

Ronald Reimer, M.D., Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla

Dear Mayo Clinic:
What do you think of acupuncture as a treatment for various ailments? How does it work?

Answer:
Acupuncture, which has been used and studied throughout the world for more than 4,000 years, can be utilized to rebalance the flow [...]

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Government Study Backs Complementary Healthcare

In an article published on Pulsetoday.co.uk (Feb 17, 2009), a study commissioned by Northern Ireland’s Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety,  found that 84% of patients had health improvements directly related to the therapies they received. Local GPs referred more than 700 patients with musculoskeletal or mental health conditions from different demographics to [...]

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Hot Flashes?

In a study done at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit led by Dr Eleanor Walker, they found that acupuncture can be as effective as a common drug Effexor (a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) to help manage hot flashes and night sweats for those getting breast cancer treatment. When getting breast [...]

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Acupuncture for Cancer treatment side effects

A recent report on CBS4.com mentions that acupuncture and other complementary therapies are becoming more accepted by mainstream medicine to treat cancer in combination with radiation and chemotherapy.  Numerous studies have shown that acupuncture can help treat a wide range of side effects caused by traditional therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation.

These are therapies that [...]

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Calming an Overactive Bladder

An overactive bladder is caused when the bladder muscles involuntarily contract causing the urgency to urinate even when the bladder is not full. Symptoms include increased frequency, accidental leakage and strong sudden urges to go to the bathroom. It has been estimated that 1 in 5 Canadians over the age of 35 have experienced an [...]

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Battlefield Acupuncture

Acupuncture has been widely used for over 5000 years in China for the treatment of various health conditions ranging from headaches to severe pain. In fact it is so powerful for treating pain that the military in the US are going to use acupuncture on their troops. Col. Richard Niemtzow, an Air Force physician, has [...]

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Nausea from Chemotherapy benefits from Acupuncture treatments

On a podcast transcript posted Dec 14, 2008 on Mayoclinic.com Dr. Brent Bauer was interviewed about complementary and alternative medicine therapies which can be used to help relieve some symptoms of cancer and chemotherapy.  Dr Bauer says that the NIH came out with a consensus statement in 1994 which supported the use of acupuncture. In [...]

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CAM is used in conjunction with Conventional Western Medicine

In a recent article published in Pediatrics on Dec 5, 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reported about the increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in children and the need to provide more information to caregivers in the field.

“CAM is used in 20% to 40% of healthy children and in more than [...]

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