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Sham Acupuncture Is Not Just a Placebo

Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies, 2022
Sham acupuncture should have two distinct features: first, it must be morphologically similar to verum acupuncture for blinding purposes, and second, it must not exert physiologically expected effects of verum acupuncture.
Tae-Hun Kim, Myeong Soo Lee, Hyangsook Lee   +2 more
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The immunomodulatory mechanisms for acupuncture practice

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
The system physiology approaches that emerge in western countries in recent years echo the holistic view of ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices that deal with the root, rather than only the symptoms of diseases.
Mengmeng Wang, Weili Liu, Jiayi Ge, Shenbin Liu   +3 more
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Evidence on acupuncture therapies is underused in clinical practice and health policy

British medical journal, 2022
Nenggui Xu and colleagues call for more effective evidence dissemination of and research into promising acupuncture ...
Liming Lu, Yuqing Zhang, Xiaorong Tang, Shuqi Ge, Hao Wen, Jingchun Zeng, Lai Wang, Zhao Zeng, G. Rada, Camila Ávila, Camilo Vergara, Yuyuan Tang, Peiming Zhang, Rouhao Chen, Yu Dong, Xiaojing Wei, Wen Luo, Lin Wang, G. Guyatt, Chun-Lei Tang, Nenggui Xu   +20 more
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Acupuncture at ST36 Point: A Literature Review in Animal Studies

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
So far, a number of acupuncture studies have shown anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture treatment, mostly known at specific point ST36. However, there is no literature that oversaw the inflammation-regulatory effects of acupuncture in each tissue ...
Ji-Eun Oh, Seung-Nam Kim
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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Anxiety Among Patients With Parkinson Disease

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question What is the efficacy of acupuncture in treating patients who have Parkinson disease and anxiety? Findings In this randomized clinical trial including 64 patients with Parkinson disease and anxiety who underwent 8 weeks of acupuncture ...
Jing-Qi Fan, Weicheng Lu, Wei-qiang Tan, Xin Liu, Yu-ting Wang, Nan Wang, L. Zhuang   +6 more
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Revealing the magic of acupuncture based on biological mechanisms: A literature review.

BioScience Trends, 2022
Acupuncture has been used to treat various disease for more than 3,000 years in China and other Asian countries. As a complementary and alternative therapy, it has gained increasing popularity and acceptance among public and healthcare professionals in ...
Bo Zhang, Haojun Shi, Shengnan Cao, Liang-yu Xie, Pengcheng Ren, Jian-mei Wang, Bin Shi   +6 more
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Acupuncture for chronic insomnia disorder: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis. [PDF]

Front Neurol
ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of placebo response to acupuncture on subjective and objective sleep indices in patients with chronic insomnia disorder and to understand the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic insomnia disorder ...
Yu Y, Li X, Zhu Z, Wang Y, Xi Q, Qiu J, Xu Y, Liang R, Guo Y, Zhang M.   +9 more
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Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture or Auricular Acupuncture vs Usual Care for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Among Cancer Survivors: The PEACE Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA Oncology, 2021
Importance The opioid crisis creates challenges for cancer pain management. Acupuncture confers clinical benefits for chronic nonmalignant pain, but its effectiveness in cancer survivors remains uncertain.
J. Mao, Kevin T. Liou, R. Baser, T. Bao, K. Panageas, S. Romero, Q. Li, R. Gallagher, P. Kantoff   +8 more
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Artificial intelligence-directed acupuncture: a review

Chinese Medicine, 2022
Acupuncture is widely used around the whole world nowadays and exhibits significant efficacy against many chronic diseases, especially in pain-related diseases.
Yulin Wang, Xiuming Shi, Thomas Efferth, Dong Shang   +3 more
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The Anti-Inflammatory Actions and Mechanisms of Acupuncture from Acupoint to Target Organs via Neuro-Immune Regulation

Journal of Inflammation Research, 2021
Inflammation plays a significant role in the occurrence and development of multiple diseases. This study comprehensively reviews and presents literature from the last five years, showing that acupuncture indeed exerts strong anti-inflammatory effects in ...
Ningcen Li, Yi Guo, Yinan Gong, Yue Zhang, Wen Fan, Kaifang Yao, Zhihan Chen, Baomin Dou, Xiaowei Lin, Bo Chen, Zelin Chen, Zhifang Xu, Zhongxi Lyu   +12 more
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