Acupuncture Points (Acupuncture Point)

01/01/2022 - "As ranked by SUCRA, the results showed that the efficacy of acupoint application (73.5%) was optimal and the rest were auricular plaster (56.1%), acupoint catgut embedding (50.2%), and pain medication (15.3%) in that order. "
12/01/1994 - "So the measuring device needs to be improved with after evolution, and more acupuncture points need to be explored to complete our pain-related BSR map. "
01/01/2023 - "The pain-specific acupoints for pain did not reduce Brief Pain Inventory scores to a significantly greater degree (-0.97 ± 1.69) than the depression-specific acupoints (-0.28 ± 1.88); likewise, the depression-specific acupoints did not significantly ameliorate Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (-4.59 ± 6.02) than the pain-specific acupoints (-6.69 ± 6.61). "
11/01/2019 - "Subgroup analysis indicated that acupoint injection significantly improved lumbar BMD (MD =0.02; 95% CI, 0.01 to 0.03, P<0.00001) but did not reduce the pain score (SMD =-2.29, 95% CI, -6.81 to 2.23, P>0.05). "
04/12/2017 - "The acupoint plaster therapy with midnight-noon ebb-flow hour-prescription method is superior to traditional acupoint plaster therapy in improving pain, dysfunction, TCM syndrome and quality of life in SOP patients; in addition, its clinical efficacy is significant."

06/16/2022 - "The efficacy of pericardium 6 (P6) acupoint stimulation to reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) has been proven in several randomised controlled clinical trials. "
02/01/2004 - "This randomised, placebo-controlled, patient and observer blinded trial was conducted to determine whether acupuncture at the acupuncture point P6 is effective in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) compared to placebo acupuncture. "
03/01/2019 - "Acupoint stimulation, an effective treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, has been used to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting. "
06/01/2005 - "Stimulation of acupuncture points has been shown to be effective in the prevention as well as treatment of PONV. "
04/01/2014 - "This study compared the efficacy of two simultaneous acupuncture points with that of a single point in the prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting following general anesthesia through a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial involving 227 surgical patients undergoing general anesthesia who were randomly assigned into two groups. "

05/11/2023 - "A double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to investigate whether a new functional electrical stimulation (FES) combined with acupoint therapy is more effective in the rehabilitation of upper limb motor dysfunction after stroke. "
09/09/2015 - "We raised the possibility that acupuncture may be effective in lowering the risk of AMI in stroke patients aged 50-69 in this study, which was limited by a lack of information regarding stroke severity and acupuncture points. "
01/01/2005 - "The acupoint, GB34, located in the back of the knee, is known to be effective in recovering motor function after a stroke. "
03/01/2007 - "Five hundred and seventy-eight cases of stroke were randomly divided into 4 groups: an improved acupoints and rehabilitation exercise group (group A, n = 148), a rehabilitation exercise group (group B, n = 142), a routine acupoints and rehabilitation exercise group (group C, n = 144), and a medication group (group D, n = 144). "
09/21/2023 - "The changes of neuroactivity of Tui Na (Chinese massage) at Hegu acupoint on sensorimotor cortex in stroke patients with upper limb motor dysfunction: a fNIRS study."

11/01/2018 - "The application of the acupressure wristband to the P6 acupoint in patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy was found to be more effective in decreasing the severity of nausea at the 2nd postoperative hour and the nausea incidence at 2-6 h, postoperatively, when compared to the placebo group (p < 0.05). "
12/01/2004 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the stimulation of the P6 acupoint on swallowing, nausea and retching during the gastroscopic procedure. "
08/01/2005 - "Acupoint stimulation had no effect on basal LES pressure, the residual LES pressure during TLESRs, the duration of TLESRs, or gastrointestinal symptoms of fullness, bloating, discomfort, or nausea. "
12/01/2004 - "Acustimulation of the Neiguan (P6) acupoint does not relieve patients of the nausea observed during gastroscopy, and its application does not facilitate the procedure."
12/01/2004 - "The Neiguan point (P6) is an acupuncture point that has been used for approximately 3,000 years to overcome gastric symptoms including nausea and retching. "

01/01/2023 - "Acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) has been proven to be effective and safe in the treatment of obesity, but few studies have been conducted involving its central mechanisms. "
07/24/2020 - "This meta-analysis will further determine the beneficial efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding on obesity T2DM. "
01/01/2020 - "For treating simple obesity, electroacupuncture is superior to other interventions such as acupuncture, acupoint catgut embedding therapy, and simple lifestyle modification for improvement in body fat rate, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio, although not hip circumference. "
06/01/2014 - "In a word, the clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut-embedding is superior to other therapies in the treatment of simple obesity."
03/01/2020 - "The participants in the experimental and control groups received auricular acupressure using ear pellets (seeds) on 5 acupoints known to be either effective in obesity treatment or ineffective. "