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Acupuncture in Medicine aims to promote the scientific understanding of acupuncture and related treatments by publishing scientific investigations of their effectiveness and modes of action as well as articles on their use in health services and clinical practice. Acupuncture in Medicine uses the Western understanding of neurophysiology and anatomy to interpret the effects of acupuncture. View full journal description

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Acupuncture regulates gut microbiota and metabolites in a rat model of chronic migraine

  • Hao Zheng
  • Zhe Wang
  • Shi-jie Wei
  • Li-xia Huang
  • Meng Han
  • Yu-kuan Zhang
  • Wen-jun Bai
  • Jing Han
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Electroacupuncture inhibits the NLRP3/caspase-1/ASC signaling pathway in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease

  • Lv Jia
  • Sihui Cao
  • Lin Chen
  • Zuqiang Li
  • Penghui Lu
  • Qiong Liu
  • Mi Liu
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Electroacupuncture mitigates lung injury, increases endogenous antioxidant levels and modulates Nrf2 signaling in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Yange Tian
  • Lanxi Zhang
  • Peng Zhao
  • Xuefang Liu
  • Fanli Jin
  • Yang Liu
  • Jiansheng Li
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Cholinergic neurons in the dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve are involved in the mechanism of action of electroacupuncture at HT7 in a mouse model of chronic heart failure

  • Shi-yue Wang
  • Hao-sheng Wu
  • Sheng-bing Wu
  • Meiqi Zhou
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Dry needling, trigger point electroacupuncture and motor point electroacupuncture for the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome involving the trapezius: a randomised clinical trial

  • Marlene Zuccolotto Moro
  • Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal
  • Norma Sueli Pinheiro Módolo
  • Fernanda Bono Fukushima
  • Guilherme Antonio Moreira de Barros
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The use of acupuncture in patients with Raynaud’s syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  • Fangwen Zhou
  • Emma Huang
  • Elena Zheng
  • Jiawen Deng
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The effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for patients with atopic eczema: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Ruimin Jiao
  • Zhongyang Yang
  • Yang Wang
  • Jing Zhou
  • Yuxiao Zeng
  • Zhishun Liu
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Acupuncture appears to be a rapidly effective treatment for costochondritis

  • Rosemary Alexander
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Electroacupuncture of the cymba concha alleviates p-chlorophenylalanine-induced insomnia in mice

  • Fenyan Zhang
  • Xiaoming Zhang
  • Qi Peng
  • Ling Tang
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Effects of electroacupuncture on the ventral tegmental area- nucleus accumbens dopamine pathway in rats with chronic sleep deprivation

  • Hanqing Xi
  • Wenzhong Wu
  • Shan Qin
  • Xiaoqiu Wang
  • Chengyong Liu
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Acupuncture modulates development of myopia by reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation via the dopamine-D1R signaling pathway

  • Chih-Sheng Chen
  • Chi-Fong Lin
  • Yung-Lan Chou
  • Der-Yen Lee
  • Peng-Tai Tien
  • Yao-Chien Wang
  • Ching-Yao Chang
  • En-Shyh Lin
  • Jamie Jiin Chen
  • Ming-Yen Wu
  • Hsiangyu Ku
  • Dekang Gan
  • Yung-Ming Chang
  • Hui-Ju Lin
  • Lei Wan
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