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Acupuncture and moxibustion promising for heart failure – Journal

by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 30, 2020 | Acupuncture, Heart Failure, Moxibustion

Acupuncture and moxibustion may be a promising adjunctive therapy to medication for treating heart failure, report Chinese authors of a systematic review. Thirty-two RCTs involving 2499 patients were included in their meta analysis. Compared with the traditional...

Moxibustion helps with side effects of cancer therapy – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, February 2019

by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Cancer, Moxibustion

A Cochrane Database systematic review has concluded that moxibustion may help to reduce the haematological and gastrointestinal toxicity of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and thereby improve the quality of life in people receiving cancer treatment. Twenty-nine RCTs...

Moxibustion can lower blood pressure – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, February 2019

by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Moxibustion

A pilot study carried out in Korea suggests that moxibustion can lower blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Forty-five subjects with prehypertension or stage I hypertension were randomised into three groups: moxibustion treatment group A (two sessions per...

Moxa for breech saves money – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2015

by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 1, 2015 | Labour, Moxibustion, Pregnancy

Moxibustion at acupuncture point Zhiyin BL-67 can correct non-vertex presentation, reduce the number of caesarean sections performed and achieve cost savings for the healthcare system, compared with conventional treatment. Analysis by Spanish researchers showed that...

Moxibustion improves quality of life in knee osteoarthritis patients – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2015

by Heaton Acupuncture | Sep 24, 2015 | Moxibustion, Osteoarthritis

Six-weeks of treatment with moxibustion seems to improve physical and mental quality of life in patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Chinese investigators randomly allocated 150 patients with KOA to either a true moxibustion group (n=77) or a sham...

Moxibustion can ease fatigue symptoms – Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2014

by Heaton Acupuncture | Sep 4, 2014 | Chronic Fatigue, Moxibustion

Direct moxibustion may be able to improve symptoms of fatigue, according to the results of a small study carried out in the US. Eleven female volunteers aged 25 to 60 years, all of whom were diagnosed with fatigue due to Spleen qi and yang deficiency, had three to...
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Sandyford
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1DJ

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