Latest Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Research and Studies
Recent CAM Research Notes by our Practitioner Members
CAM Research Notes are submitted by our practitioner members and are open to comments by colleagues and the general public. Providing these notes helps our members to share news and research of interest with our community. As these are provided by professional practitioners they often include explanations and proper context to aid the general reader in better understanding the significance of the research.
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 Anxiety With Your Visit to the Dentist? Auricular Acupuncture Shown To Help...~Contributing Member: Chad Dupuis
Anxiety before and during dental treatments is quite common with some people requiring sedation for relatively simple procedures such as a general cleaning. Austrian researchers from the Medical University of Vienna recently conducted a study evaluating the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture to help control this pre-dental treatment anxiety. |
Acupuncture Outperforms Glucosamine HCL over the Long-Term for Knee Osteoarthritis~Contributing Member: Chad DupuisGlucosamine Hydrochloride (HCL) is often recommended for the management of joint pain by many western and alternative practitioners from various disciplines. Glucosamine has shown somewhat mixed results clinically and within studies but is generally considered safe and at least somewhat effective. |
Moxibustion Found Helpful for Knee Osteoarthritis~Contributing Member: Chad DupuisChinese Medicine properly applied involves a range of techniques including acupuncture, herbal medicine, tuina massage, cupping, moxibustion, etc.. Used together these tools are used to treat a range of pain related conditions including osteo and rheumatoid arthritis. Moxibustion (see What is Moxibustion?) is a technique that can be used both within a clinical setting but is often prescribed as a home treatment that is relatively easy to perform once the patient is shown which points to use and the general technique. The |
Musical Gongs and Xiao Yao Wan Herbs May Help Liver Qi Stagnation and Spleen Qi Deficiency~Contributing Member: Chad DupuisAs we often mention on this website, Chinese Medicine treats "patterns" not individual symptoms/conditions. A very common set of diagnostic patterns to have, particularly in westerners, is liver qi stagnation combined with spleen qi deficiency ("LSSD" in this study). Symptoms-wise this often arises a |
Tai Chi Shows Health Benefits for Cancer Patients (Post-Treatment)~Contributing Member: Chad DupuisTai Chi is shown repeatedly in clinical studies and in real world examples to produce a broad array of health benefits in participants. Researchers from the University of Missouri recently conducted a small pilot study evaluating these benefits in women who had recently had treatment for cancer. |
Recent Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Synopses
Our monthly research synopses are part of our effort to share current complementary and alternative medicine research with practitioners and the general public. For the most part we try to choose studies which have direct clinical implications for practitioners and are relevant to the publics understanding of our medicine.
The research studies highlighted are drawn from a number of sources and are only a snapshot of what is available in medical journals worldwide. Our research synopses are included in our practitioner email newsletter which has open subscriptions (archives are also available).
In addition to our research synopses, our newsletter includes articles and other news from our premium practitioner members (open to all CAM practitioners).
Our most recent research synopses are below:
Acupuncture Research and News Feeds
- Lifestyle alterations for the amelioration of hot flashes.
- Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing: How clinical trial participants conceptualise placebos.
- Sham-controlled, randomised, feasibility trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Herbal Medicine Research and News Feeds
- An improved acute gouty arthritis rat model and therapeutic effect of rhizoma dioscoreae nipponicae on acute gouty arthritis based on the protein-chip methods.
- Clinical outcomes of traditional chinese medicine compound formula in treating sleep-disordered breathing patients.
- Ginsenoside Rg1 enhances endothelial progenitor cell angiogenic potency and prevents senescence in vitro.
- Poisoning and suicide by cyanide jewelry cleaner in the US Hmong community: A case series.
- Concomitant herbal medicine and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) use among HIV patients in Western Uganda: A cross-sectional analysis of magnitude and patterns of use, associated factors and impact on ART adherence.
- Metabolite profiling and characterization for medicinal herbal remedies.
- A novel naturally-occurring salicylic acid analogue acts as an anti-inflammatory agent by inhibiting nuclear factor-kappaB activity in RAW264.7 macrophages.
- A systematic review on use of Chinese medicine and acupuncture for treatment of obesity.
- [Study on method on post-marketing traditonal Chinese medicine safety assessment].
- Molecularly imprinted polymer for the specific solid-phase extraction of kirenol from Siegesbeckia pubescens herbal extract.
- [Effects of Hengyan medicinal recipe on the regulation of immunity in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective clinical trial].
- [Combined traditional and western medicine in the treatment of 100 elderly patients suffering from severe pneumonia: an analysis of clinical results].
Bodywork Research and News Feeds
- [Met-analysis on randomized controlled clinical trials of acupuncture and moxibustion on constipation].
- [Effect of artemisia burning products on antioxidant enzymes in serum of SAMP8 mouse].
- [Observation on influence of bone metabolism biochemical indices of senile osteoporosis treated with distant acupuncture and nearby tuina].
- [Acute infantile diarrhea treated with infantile Tuina: a multicentre randomized controlled trial].
Energywork Research and News Feeds
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