Background The mechanisms of action underlying acupuncture, including acupuncture point
specificity, are not well understood. In the previous decade, an increasing number of studies …

When an acupuncture needle is inserted into a designated point on the body and
mechanical or electrical stimulation is delivered, various neural and neuroactive …

A 45-year-old man with a 7-year history of low back pain asks his physician for a referral to a
licensed acupuncturist. Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine metallic needles into the …

Background Insomnia is a highly prevalent symptom occurred during and post-
chemotherapy. Acupuncture may have beneficial effects in the management of …

In November 2007, the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) held an international
symposium to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1997 NIH Consensus Development …

Human and animal studies suggest that acupuncture produces many beneficial effects
through the central nervous system. However, the neural substrates of acupuncture actions …

Imaging of the living human brain is a powerful tool to probe the interactions between brain,
gut and microbiome in health and in disorders of brain–gut interactions, in particular IBS …

Abstract The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary
and Alternative Medicine, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) held a symposium on …

Previous studies have defined low-frequency, spatially consistent networks in resting fMRI
data which may reflect functional connectivity. We sought to explore how a complex …

Background Over the past two decades, growing numbers of clinicians have been utilizing
emotional freedom techniques (EFT) in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder …