Acupuncture works - but it works equally well with or without needle penetration. This conclusion can be drawn from a treatment study involving cancer patients suffering from nausea during ...

The quality of needles used in acupuncture worldwide is high but needs to be universally improved to increase safety and avoid potential problems such as pain and allergic reactions, researchers have ...

Dry needling and acupuncture both involve puncturing the skin with thin needles for therapeutic purposes. While their shared aim is often pain relief, acupuncture currently has more support in ...

"The problem is that there is no formal training for dry needling, unlike acupuncture, which takes years of training." ...

The Chinese have, for long, created a perestroika of sorts. They use acupuncture for stroke victims, among other conditions. The big question. What makes such a 'needle-centric' therapy so unique, ...

A sham form of acupuncture using toothpicks that don’t penetrate the skin works as well as traditional needle acupuncture for relieving back pain, researchers report in the May 11 Archives of Internal ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TCMzone, LLC., a leading professional supplier of Asian herbal products, has officially partnered with Suzhou Medical Appliance Factory, the manufacturer of Hua Tuo™ ...

PNAS recently published credulous nonsense about acupuncture so bad that I thought it couldn't be topped. "Hold my beer!" ...