ArticleChinese journal of integrative medicine2015
Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research--A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation.
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- Acupuncture treatment of vascular cognitive impairment through peripheral nerve stimulation pathway: a scoping review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture for Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Auricular Acupressure for Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture in glycemic control: Transitioning from clinical controversies to potential basic research.World journal of diabetes · 2025Review
- Applying auricular magnetic therapy to decrease blood glucose levels and promote the healing of gangrene in diabetes patients: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Sustainability of a Non-pharmacological, Self-Managed Intervention for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: 3-group Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Research square · 2024Article
- Acupuncture and moxibustion therapy for cognitive impairment: the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Neural networks and the anti-inflammatory effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in depression.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2020Review
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- Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
- Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2015.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Treatment by auricular acupuncture has a long history. Ear-acupoint research has been advancing step by step in China and also in Europe. Auricles are rich in nerves, therefore a close relationship with different functions of the human body has been proved by the research teams of the two main authors of this article from China and Austria. In recent years, great progress has been made in the research of regulating human body functions through electroacupuncture at the auricular branch of the vagus nerve, which is part of auricular acupuncture therapy. It is well known that the auricular branch of the vagus nerve is the only peripheral pathway to the cerebral cortex. Studies of the Chinese team on hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy and depression have shown that the mechanism of auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may be comparable with cervical VNS in terms of pathways. Auricular VNS has a broad clinical application prospect.
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