The acupuncture has been practiced in China for more than 3000 years and was spread to
Europe and American from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The history of …

Acupuncture, one of the primary methods of treatment in traditional Oriental medicine, is
based on a system of meridians. Along the meridians lie acupuncture points or acupoints …

Abstract On November 8–9, 2007, the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) hosted an
international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the landmark NIH [National …

Hypertension affects approximately 1 billion individuals worldwide. Pharmacological therapy
has not been perfected and often is associated with adverse side effects. Acupuncture is …

Background: Acupuncture at specific acupoints has experimentally been found to reduce
chronically elevated blood pressure. Objective: To examine effectiveness of …

EA at P 5–6 and S 36–37 using low current and low frequency may be able to reduce
elevated blood pressure in a subset of patients (∼ 70%) with mild to moderate hypertension …

Over the last several decades, there has been an explosion of articles on acupuncture,
including studies that have begun to explore mechanisms underlying its analgesic and …

Recently the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (Arc) has been implicated in cardiovascular
regulation. Both pressor and depressor responses can be elicited by the chemical …

One of the significant limiting complications of paclitaxel is painful peripheral neuropathy
during its therapy for several types of cancers. Our recent study showed that impairment of …

Although mechanisms underlying acupuncture regulation of pain have been studied by a
number of laboratories in many countries, much less is known about its ability to modulate …