acupuncture

Recovering from a stroke can be a long and difficult journey. Many survivors face months or even years of rehabilitation as they work to regain movement, balance, and independence. One of the biggest challenges is weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body, a problem that occurs when stroke damages parts of the brain […] The post How Acupuncture Could Help Stroke Patients Move Again app…

ObjectiveThe comorbidity of pain and depression is prevalent, adding difficulty to the treatment of depression. This systematic review with meta-analysis aims to determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating depression-associated chronic pain (DACP).MethodsA comprehensive search was conducted across four international databases, namely PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochra…

BackgroundChronic insomnia is a prevalent and disabling condition associated with impaired daytime functioning, psychiatric comorbidity, and autonomic dysregulation. Although cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is recommended as the first-line treatment, access is limited. Acupuncture has demonstrated therapeutic benefits for insomnia but requires trained practitioners and repeated …

BackgroundChronic pain (CP) is a public health challenge recognized as involving large-scale functional brain dysregulation. Acupuncture is widely used as a non-pharmacological intervention for CP, yet its central mechanisms remain incompletely understood. fMRI provides an approach for investigating acupuncture-related brain alterations in CP.MethodsEight databases were searched from inception to…

BackgroundGastrointestinal and psychological symptoms jointly motivate patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to seek medical care, with the latter often exacerbating the difficulty of achieving overall improvement. Although acupuncture has been shown to improve gastrointestinal symptoms in the general IBS population, the evidence in individuals with psychological disturbances remains insuf…