Supporting Evidence
While the majority of these studies refer to Acupuncture, the same principles of Chinese Medicine apply to ARC. This is not a comprehensive list of studies.
American Heart Association (2008)
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation - Vol. 21, No. 4 (2014)
Jill R Johnson, et al, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing (2014)
Healthcare Medicine Institute (2017)
"The rehabilitation therapy based on integrated Chinese and Western medicine proved to be effective. It can promote the recovery of motor functions and the activity of daily living in patients of AIS. In addition, it can improve neurologic impairment and lead to good clinical outcomes, therefore is worthwhile to be promoted in clinical applications."
Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital, Beijing City (2018)
Frontiers in Neurology (2019)
Annals of Palliative Medicine (2020)
- • Nausea caused by surgical anesthesia and cancer chemotherapy
- • Dental pain after surgery
- • Addiction
- • Headaches
- • Menstrual cramps
- • Tennis elbow
- • Fibromyalgia
- • Myofascial pain
- • Osteoarthritis
- • Low back pain
- • Carpal tunnel syndrome
- • Asthma
John Hopkins Medicine
* "is" indicates numerous studies have reliably proven efficacy, while "may" signifies less scientific confidence.
Studies supporting Tui Na:
- "Tui Na was effective and safe for alleviating poststroke spasticity within 1–3 months after stroke onset."
- - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469238)
- "Clinical reports show that Tuina and acupuncture are effective in the treatment of post-stroke depression."
- - https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/fulltext/2021/05210/tuina_plus_acupuncture_for_post_stroke_depression_.83.aspx
- "The results of this systematic review suggest that therapeutic Chinese massage (Tuina) in addition to conventional physiotherapy is an effective non-invasive treatment for improving upper/lower limbs motor function and for reducing spasticity especially in the subacute stage of stroke."
- - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122530
- More on Tui Na, and Massage Therapy in general, for effective Post-Stroke rehabilitation:
- - https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/9228