Drs Martin & Sue Allbright
'Blending an ancient medical approach of mind and body with modern health'
Acupuncture Research
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We would like to share with you our personal view, beliefs and approach about the research that is presented on these pages.
We both value the research of modern science and the many developments that have been discovered.
We also value the depth of wisdom and knowledge of traditional and classical five element acupuncture, which integrates the many aspects of body and mind.
We acknowledge the information gained from research, and we endevaour to use it where appropriate when meeting the needs of an individual who is suffering in health.
We hope later to share more information on the five elements of acupuncture.
Classical Acupuncture
Crohns Disease
(2016) Different brain responses to electro-
Symptomatic Acupuncture
Procedure for each group received treatment three times a week for 12 weeks, totalling up to 36 treatment sessions.
Electroacupuncture CV6 (Ren 6) and XI 25 (left side) and CV12 (Ren 12) and XI 25 (right side) Pulsed stimulus was delivered at a rate of 2/100Hz and intensity of 1–2 mA for 30minutes.
Moxibustion. Moxa cone, with a height of 16mm and a diameter of 18mm (“Han Medicine”, Nanyang, China), was placed on top of the herbal cake and ignited for herbs-
Measurements taken at 0 and 12 weeks
Using the Crohns Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and the
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ which had 32 questions (0-
The CDAI scores of the two groups were significantly lower after treatment (EA P< 0.001, Mx P< 0.001), while the IBDQ scores increased significantly (EA P<0.01, Mx P<0.01).
The reduced CDAI scores and elevated the IBDQ scores in patients of both electro-
fMRI measurements.
Showing the differences between patients with Crohns Disease (CD) and Healthy Controls (HC)
Chunhui Bao et al. (2016) Different brain responses to electro-
A previous study also showed that CD patients have abnormal neural activity in the amygdala, hippocampus, insula, putamen, cerebellar regions when performing stress-
After 12 weeks of treatment, the patients in both the EA and Mox groups demonstrated significant clinical improvement and also the abnormal Regional Homogeniety levels in multiple brain regions were reversed. Although these two methods had similar clinical efficacy and affected several similar brain regions, each of them also affected different brain regions. Brain regions that both electro-
These findings indicate that there are abnormalities in both structure and functional activities in the brain of Crohns Disease CD patients. The dysregulation of homeostatic afferent processing network and default mode network, as well as declined cortex-
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(2017) Effect of Electro-
'Our findings suggest that electro-