by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 3, 2022 | Acupuncture, COPD
Adding traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as an adjunctive treatment to conventional care has beneficial effects on stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Authors from the UK and China included 100 randomised controlled trials with 8291 participants in...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 19, 2021 | Acupuncture, COPD
Acupuncture is a safe and effective adjuvant therapy that effectively improves exercise capacity in patients with stable COPD, according to researchers from Spain. They studied 102 patients with stable COPD who were randomly divided into two groups. The acupuncture...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 30, 2020 | Acupuncture, COPD
Spanish systematic review authors have concluded that acupuncture shows benefit for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Their analysis of data from 28 randomised trials found that, when added to usual treatment, acupuncture improved dyspnoea,...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 30, 2020 | Acupuncture, COPD, Exercise
The positive effects of acupuncture on exertional dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with improved oxygen utilisation during exercise. In a Japanese study, 16 patients with COPD underwent acupuncture once a week for...
by Heaton Acupuncture | May 25, 2017 | Acupuncture, COPD
Acupuncture can be used as an adjunctive therapy to reduce dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In a randomised trial, 72 participants with COPD received either real or sham needling at the same acupoints (bilateral Zhongfu LU-1,...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Apr 23, 2015 | Acupuncture, COPD, Dyspnoea
An Australian systematic review concludes that acupuncture may result in clinically important improvements in QoL and dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Sixteen RCTs that examined the benefits of acupuncture or other related therapies for...
