March 11th, 2010 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES CRYING IN COLICY BABIES The effects of minimal acupuncture on crying due to infantile colic have been tested by a group in Sweden. Forty children (median six weeks of age) with excessive crying unresponsive to conventional therapies, were recruited and quasi-randomised to control or minimal acupuncture treatment. Children received light needling at Hegu…..
Read MoreJanuary 25th, 2010 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
ACUPUNCTURE & THE GASTRIC SPHINCTER Inappropriate relaxation of the muscular lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) is associated with gastric reflux and heartburn. Now a study has shown that electrical non-needle stimulation of Neiguan P-6 can reduce the rate of LES relaxation by 40%. Fourteen healthy (no heartburn) volunteers were treated either at Neiguan P-6 or a…..
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