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  1. Lung cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide, significantly impacting patient quality of life. Integrating Traditional Asian Medicine (TAM), such as acupuncture and herba...

    Authors: Keon-Jun Lee, Dong-Hyeon Kim, Sang-Won Shin, Mi-Sun Park, Jong-Ha Kwon and So-Jung Park
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2025 18:2
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  3. Authors: Justin Shmalberg, Huisheng Xie, Mushtaq A. Memon, Chiara Ghiron, Seyed S. Najafi, Setareh Nazaribin, Marzieh Momennasab, Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad, Cássia Maria Grillo, Vera Lúcia Rasera Zotelli, Maria Lúcia Bressiani Gil, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa, Mustafa Çelik, Hasan E. Yücel, Serkan Sivri, Erdoğan Sökmen…
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13060006
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  4. Authors: Canan Ertemoğlu Öksüz, Ahmet Kalaycıoğlu, Özlem Uzun, Şahi Nur Kalkışım, Nihat Burak Zihni, Ahmet Yıldırım, Cavit Boz, Linlin Zhang, Sang Wook Oh, Jun-Young Shin, Jong-Ok Ji, Da-Woon Choi, Sang-Heon Choi, Jong-Gu Choi, Min-Suk Rho, Ji Yoon Lee…
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  6. A 24-year-old horse was presented with a clinical history of anaemia, large intestine impaction and hind limb weakness. Loss of body weight was also reported. Hematocrit and hemoglobin levels were low and piro...

    Authors: María Resano-Zuazu
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13060004
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  7. Anxiety is a common complaint of patients before diagnostic or therapeutic invasive procedures, especially before open-heart surgery. The most well-known method to reduce anxiety is the use of sedatives, which...

    Authors: Bagher Khoram, Amin K. Yoosefinejad, Mozhgan Rivaz and Seyed S. Najafi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13060001
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  8. Despite the adverse consequences of poor sleep during pregnancy, relatively few safe interventions exist for improving sleep among pregnant women. Nonpharmacological interventions are increasingly gaining acce...

    Authors: Ganiyu Sokunbi, Ibrahim U. Takai, Ifeoma B. Nwosu and Rasheedat Balarabe
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13060003
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  9. Nowadays, in western societies, acupuncture is widely used over the control of pain and this analgesic approach is still the most studied aspect of acupuncture. Several studies have shown that most patients go...

    Authors: Natália F. Valente, Eliezer de Sousa Cardoso, Juliana A. da Silva Rezende and Jeferson A. Santos
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13050001
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  10. We herein show a dramatic change of herbal properties of the composition as well as function via fermentation of Cynanchi atrati Radix (family Asclepiadaceae). Cynanchi atrati Radix showed a high cytotoxicity ...

    Authors: Chang-Gue Son, Sam-Keun Lee, In-Kyu Choi, Eun-Su Jang and Kee-Jung Bang
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13050005
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  13. The present study aims to propose a protocol to verify the efficacy and acute effects of traditional Chinese acupuncture, dry needling, and the rest in peripheral acute fatigue (PAF) induced by intermittent is...

    Authors: Gabriel Barreto Antonino, Ana Paula de Lima Ferreira, Eduardo José Nepomuceno Montenegro, Alberto Galvão de Moura Filho, Arthur Felipe Freire da Silva and Maria das Graças Rodrigues de Araújo
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13050004
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  16. Cupping therapy (CT) is an ancient medical treatment since antiquity and is used for the treatment of such various disease states as contagious diseases, chronic or acute inflammatory disease, and autoimmune d...

    Authors: Mustafa Çelik, Hasan E. Yücel, Serkan Sivri, Erdoğan Sökmen and Cahit Uçar
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13040002
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  17. Uremic pruritus is a common boring complaint in patients suffering from chronic renal failure. Owing to cost and the side-effects of medications, complementary therapies are more attractive for pruritus treatm...

    Authors: Fatemeh Karjalian, Marzieh Momennasab, Amin K. Yoosefinejad and Shahrokh E. Jahromi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13040001
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  18. The primo vascular system (PVS) has been difficult to detect due to its small diameter and translucent features of the threadlike network. Thus, contrast-enhancing dyes including Alcian blue, Trypan blue and J...

    Authors: Linlin Zhang and Sang Wook Oh
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13030005
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  19. Perimenopausal depression is caused by the impaired function of the ovarium before menopause and with a series of symptoms. Electroacupuncture (EA) therapy has been demonstrated to improve clinically depressio...

    Authors: Qin Jing, Lu Ren, Xue Deng, Nan Zhang, Martin Fu, Ge Wang, Xi-Rong Jiang, Shu-Ru Lin and Cai-Rong Ming
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13030003
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  20. Low back pain is a common condition that can be effectively treated by acupuncture. However, several treatment point prescriptions and further electrical needle stimulation (i.e., local acupoints, distal acupo...

    Authors: Josielli Comachio, Carla C. Oliveira, Ilton F. R. Silva, Mauricio O. Magalhães and Amélia P. Marques
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13030002
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  21. The objective of this crossover clinical study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Energy Regulation with Acupuncture in clinical occurrences in impacted lower third molar surgeries.

    Authors: Maria L. B. Gil, Luide M. R. F. Marinho, Márcio de Moraes, Ronaldo S. Wada, Francisco C. Groppo, Jorge E. Sato and Maria L. R. de Sousa
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13030004
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  22. Needle insertion pain during spinal anesthesia is an unpleasant experience for patients. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on the pain intensity ...

    Authors: Javad AminiSaman, Hasan A. Karimpour, Behzad Hemmatpour, Saeed Mohammadi, Saeed Darvishi and Rasool Kawyannejad
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13030001
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  23. The primo vascular system (PVS) is reported to have a periductium composed of cells with spherical or spindle-shaped nuclei and abundant cytoplasm. However, little is known about these periductium cells. In th...

    Authors: Chae Jeong Lim, Yeo Sung Yoon and Pan Dong Ryu
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2020 13:13010005
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  24. This study investigates whether visual deprivation influences participants’ accuracy in differentiating between real and sham acupuncture needles. It also evaluates the relative contributions of tactile, visua...

    Authors: Chee-Wee Tan and Derek Santos
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2019 13:13010004
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  25. This study evaluates the effects of a short-term Cardio Tai Chi program on the cardiorespiratory fitness and hemodynamic parameters in sedentary adults. Thirty-one sedentary participants (age: 58 ± 9 years, body ...

    Authors: Timothy Sam-Kit Tin, Chi-Hsiu Daniel Weng, Patricia dos Santos Vigário and Arthur de Sá Ferreira
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2019 13:13010002
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  26. Acupuncture is one of the areas among the alternative therapies that arise high curiosity in the biomedical scientific community. It is particularly popular for treatment of chronic diseases and addictions. Ho...

    Authors: Lígia Rebelo Gomes and Pedro Leão
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2019 13:13010001
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  27. Melissa officinalis (MO) is one of the oldest herbal medicines commonly used in traditional medicine, which some studies have investigated for its analgesic effect. This study is an attempt to investigate the ef...

    Authors: Ahmad Rastegarian, Hassanali Abedi, Hossein K. Jahromi, Safar Zarei, Arash Nematollahi, Esrafil Mansouri and Hadi Sameni
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2019 13:13010003
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  28. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of one or multiple sessions of electroacupuncture (EA) in patients with chronic low back pain. The outcome measures were visual analog score (VAS), pressu...

    Authors: Ravena C. de Carvalho, Julia R. Parisi, Wiliam A. Prado, João E. de Araújo, Andreia M. Silva, Josie R. T. Silva and Marcelo L. Silva
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2018 11:11020002
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  29. Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is among the most common and important reasons for visiting a spine surgeon by patients; it is the second cause of visiting a doctor. Low back pain can cause considerable suffering...

    Authors: Mahdi Toroski, Shekoufeh Nikfar, Mohammad Mahdi Mojahedian and Mohammad Hosein Ayati
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2018 11:11020003
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  31. The leading cause of disability in adults, leads to different consequences, such as hemiparesis and loss of function in the upper limb which can impair the performance of activities of daily living. Different ...

    Authors: Moisés S. Dall’Agnol and Fernanda Cechetti
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2018 11:11020004
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  32. Current treatment for calcific tendonitis consists of arm rest, antiinflammatory medications, and corticosteroid injections. If unsuccessful, a lot of clinicians suggest several physiotherapy modalities, such ...

    Authors: Georgios Papadopoulos, Alexandras Mavrodontidis, Antonia Liarmakopoulou, Petros Tzimas, Georgios Angelidakis, Panagiotis Koulouvaris and Anastasios Petrou
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2018 11:11020001
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  33. Autism is considered as a complex developmental disability that appears during the first two years of life. It is considered as a neurological disorder that affects brain function leading to impaired developme...

    Authors: Hassan M. M. Abo Almaali, Ameer Gelewkhan and Zena A. A. Mahdi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10060001
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  34. Common phenomena central to acupuncture have been overlooked by previous hypotheses on how acupuncture works, with the result that the hypotheses are unable to account for acupuncture’s effects. This article d...

    Authors: Fletcher Kovich
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10060006
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  36. We have reported a model that distinguishes pain adaptive individuals (PA) from those who are pain non-adaptive (PNA). The present randomised, cross-over, participant-assessor blinded study aimed to determine ...

    Authors: Zhen Zheng, Dawn Wong Lit Wan, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Dong Y. Yao, Genevieve Iversen, Charlie C. Xue and Kelun Wang
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10060002
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  37. Emergency pain management in symptomatic irreversible pulpitis commonly includes use of nonnarcotic analgesics. Acupuncture has been used in dentistry to alleviate pain after tooth extraction. The aim of this ...

    Authors: Haneesh Murugesan, Sujatha Venkatappan, Senthil Kumar Renganathan, Srinivasan Narasimhan and Mahalaxmi Sekar
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10060003
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  38. Temporomandibular disorders (TMD), recognized as the most common conditions of chronic orofacial pain, have a multifactorial etiology. Acupuncture can help to relieve the pain and discomfort associated with th...

    Authors: Vera L R. Zotelli, Cássia M. Grillo, Maria L B. Gil, Ronaldo S. Wada, Jorge E. Sato and Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050007
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  39. The burden of stroke is high and is continually increasing due to a dramatic growth in the world’s elderly population. Novel therapeutic strategies are therefore required. The present study sought to determine...

    Authors: Jinatta Jittiwat
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050003
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  40. The present study aimed to investigate the antidepressant effect of the traditional Korean medical pharmacopuncture, Liver Qi Depression (HJ11), in a mouse model of depression induced by exposure to chronic immob...

    Authors: Yunna Kim, Hwa-Young Lee and Seung-Hun Cho
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10060004
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  41. This study aimed to identify procedural elements of Japanese acupuncture, describe these elements in detail, and explain them in terms of the key thematic category of treatment principles. Between August 2012 ...

    Authors: Benjamin C W. Chant, Jeanne Madison, Paul Coop and Gudrun Dieberg
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050004
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  42. The aim of this study was to examine the additive effect of medical acupuncture on controlling the symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS). A total of 46 randomly allocated patients diagnosed with RLS were as...

    Authors: Gholam Reza Raissi, Bijan Forogh, Tannaz Ahadi, Samaneh Ghahramanpoori, Pouya Ghaboussi and Simin Sajadi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050006
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  43. Veterinary acupuncture is becoming increasingly implemented for various disease processes, with growing numbers of veterinarians pursuing advanced training to meet the rising demand for this relatively new int...

    Authors: Toni Yang, Justin Shmalberg, Lindsay Hochman, Erin Miscioscia, Meghan Brumby, Kelsey McKenna and Amber Roth
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050008
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  45. To investigate the effect of low level laser therapy (LLLT) on PC6 acupuncture point in suppressing gag reflex, regulating pulse rates and oxygen saturation, thereby reducing the anxiety levels.

    Authors: Himani Goel, Shivani Mathur, Meera Sandhu, Pulkit Jhingan and Vinod Sachdev
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050002
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  46. Similar to De Qi psychophysical responses, propagated sensation along the channels (PSC) is considered an important phenomenon in traditional Chinese acupuncture. In acupuncture clinical trials, different acup...

    Authors: Shohreh Razavy, Marcus Gadau, Shi Ping Zhang, Fu Chun Wang, Sergio Bangrazi, Christine Berle, Mahrita Harahap, Tie Li, Wei Hong Li and Christopher Zaslawski
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:10050001
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  47. Diabetes mellitus is a dangerous disease worldwide. Indonesia has 10 million diabetic and 17.9 million prediabetic citizens. Unfortunately, less than half of these diabetic individuals are aware of their condi...

    Authors: Fitrullah and Addison Rousdy
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 10:1002003
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  48. Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that acupuncture meridian activity is correlated with quality of function of specific organs. This study sets out to determine acupuncture meridian characteristics of subject...

    Authors: Kuntal Ghosh, Alex Hankey and Thaiyar M. Srinivasan
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 10:1002008
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  49. The effects of isoquinoline alkaloid berberine (BER) on spleen tissue CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells were evaluated in BALB/c mice. Here, BER was administered daily by intraperitoneal injection at dose...

    Authors: Gholamreza Karimi, Mahmoud Mahmoudi, Mahdi Balali-Mood, Maryam Rahnama, Shahrzad Zamani Taghizadeh Rabe, Nafiseh Tabasi and Bamdad Riahi-Zanjani
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 10:1002005
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