Anthony Vard B.Sc., Lic.Ac.

Acupuncturist, Therapist and Researcher in Health Sciences and Medicine
Booterstown, Blackrock Co. Dublin. Phone 085-7802901
Email- anthony.vard@gmail.com

Available for Home Visits



Scientific Papers on the Effectiveness of Acupuncture

    Asthma Reduction of nonspecific bronchial hyperactivity, normalization of blood acetylcholine,etc (94 Patients) Obstet. Gynecol 1994

    Asthma 
    70% reported significant improvement (17 Patients) ; Am. J. Chin. Med. 1993

    Asthma allergic type
    Significant reduction after acupuncture   ; Chen Tzu yen Chui 1995

    Back - Lower Back Pain relief.
    One third less pain was experienced by 75% of the patients (12 Patients) ; Pain 1976

    Back - Neck-shoulder Pain
    65% significant long term improvement (37 Patients) ; J.Acupunct. Electrother. Res 1987

    Back - Sciatica
    Significantly Improvement (30 Patients) ; Sem. Hop. 1983

    Body Paralysis
    90.9% had improvement when acupuncture treatment was started within 3 weeks of stroke; 71.4% were improved when acupuncture treatment was started greater than 3 weeks after stroke   ; Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research 1990

    Cancer 
     Highly significant increase in immune system in patients with malignant tumors following acupuncture (45 Patients) ; Chung-Kuo Chung Hsi Chieh Ho Tsa Chin 1994

    Cancer - Edema / Edema associated with Breast Surgery
    33% complete recovery, 43% partial recovery, 24% No response (21 Patients) ; Institute of Oncology, Bucharest, Romania 1986

    Cancer - Low white blood count due to Chemotherapy
    Acupuncture 88% effective in increasing White blood count. (121 Patients) ; Chin. J. Modern developments in Traditional Medicine 1991

    Cancer - Nausea associated with Chemotherapy & not controlled by drugs
    75% achieved considerable benefit (100 Patients) ; J. Royal society of Medicine 1991

    Cancer pain
    52% obtained significant relief (183 Patients) ; Dept. of Anesthetics, Royal Marsden Hospital, London 1986

    Cancer pain & bleeding caused by radiation
    72.3% cured; 9% markedly effective; 18% no change (44 Patients) ; Chin. Acupunct. Moxibust 1986

    Cancer related breathlessness
    70% improvement in symptoms (20 Patients) ; L. Palliat. Med.1996

    Childhood Diarrhea
    Acupuncture significantly superior to drugs   ; J. tradit. Chin. Med. 1993

    Drug - treatment
    Those taking acupuncture stayed with the rehabilitation program twice as long as those not taking it and were twice as likely to have a job at the end of the treatment (116 Patients) ; San Diego Alcohol and Drug Services Program for post acute withdrawal patients 1993

    Drug alcohol Rehabilitation
    Those taking acupuncture are twice as likely to finish rehabilitation program.  Relapse reduced from 37% to 7.4%    ; Alternative Substance Abuse Program USA

    Drug Dependence
    acupuncture substantially reduces withdrawal symptoms   ; Univ. Minnesota 1985

    Face Pain - Trigeminal Neuralgia
    (Note in this study electrostimulation was not used, this would be a standard treatment for such a condition). Still were 50% cured, 45% pain significantly relieved, 10% pain reduced only (10 Patients) ; Anesthesia and Pain control in Dentistry

    Face Paralysis
    49% cured, 24% markedly effective, 25% effective, 2% ineffective (63 Patients) ; Chen Tzu yen Chui Acupuncture Research 1992

    Female - Menopause Hot flushes
    Average reduction by half (24 Patients) ; Lakartidningen 1994

    Female - Menstrual pain
    90.9% improved (43 Patients) ; Obstetrics & Gynecology 1987

    Female - Menstrual Pain
    Reduces pain by more than half (21 Patients) ; Phys Ther 1989

    Gallstones
    91% passed stones (1291 Patients) ; Cheng Neurosci. Lett 1996

    Head - Chronic Migraine
    As effective as metoprolol & no side effects (85 Patients) ; Journal of Internal Medicine 1994

    Head - Chronic Migraine
    Improvement 69%; drug use reduced by 50% (26 Patients) ; Headache

    Head - Chronic Migraine
    Significant reduction (77 Patients) ; J.Internal medicine 1994

    Heart - Angina
    40% reduction in attacks after 12 acupuncture treatments  (21 Patients) ; European Heart J. 1991

    Heart - Angina and Coronary by-pass Surgery.
    One third the death & heart attack rate after acupuncture, shiatsu and lifestyle changes (49 Patients) ; Acupunct. Electrother Res. 1996

    Heart - Essential Hypertension / Blood pressure
    Stage 1 66% relieved ; stage 2 57% relieved (98 Patients) ; Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1990

    Heart - Hypertension / Blood Pressure
    Significant reduction in Blood pressure on dogs. 13 Patients ; Acupunct. Electrother Res. 1983

    Heart - Hypertension / Blood Pressure
    Acupuncture short term 100% effective and long term 63% effective in lowering Blood Pressure in grade II and III hypertensives (30 Patients) J. Of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1992

    Heart - Hypertension / Blood Pressure
    Acupuncture gives an immediate statistically significant reduction in Diastolic Blood pressure   ; Physical Therapy 1991

    Heart - Ischemic Apoplexy
    93.75% had circulation improved after acupuncture (32 Patients) ; Chung-Kuo Chung Hsi Chieh Ho Tsa Chin 1992

    Heart - Strokes
    significantly improved quality of life over mere rehabilitation (45 Patients) ; NesoddtangenTidsskr Nor Laegeforen 1995

    Joint - Knee Osteoarthritis
    With acupuncture there was a significant reduction in pain, analgesic consumption and in most objective measures, a 80% subjective improvement, and a significantly increased knee range movement  29 Patients ; Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 1992

    Male - Chronic prostatitis (Prostatodynia)
    30% excellent 70% moderate recovery (17 Patients) ; Hinyokika Kiyo 1994

    Male - Sperm count
    All patients had increase (28 Patients) ; Urologe 1984

    Male Impotence non-physical
    69% success (29 Patients) ; European Urology 1994

    Overactive Bladder
    65% complete cure; 17% partial cure (11 Patients) ; Hinyokika Gakkai Zassi 1995

    Pain
    65% of patients who had taken pain medicine either stopped or reduced their intake considerably after acupuncture treatment (348 Patients) ; Finnish Study in 'Acupunct Electrother Res Int J. 1987'

    Postoperative Nausea
    46% Reduction of cases (81 Patients) ; A Anesthesia 1997

    Psoriasis
    61.7% cured, 5.2% virtually cured, 19.2% markedly improved, 12.3% improved, 1.7% no change. (600 Patients) ; Chin. Acupunct. Moxibust 1991.

    Skin - Acne
    77% cure; 14% marked improvement, 9% no change.  More recent the better. (80 Patients) ; J. Tradit. Chin. Med 1989

    Skin - Acne 70% cure, 20% marked improvement, 9% no change. (129 Patients) ; J. Tradit. Chin. Med 1990

    Skin - Leg ulcers
    All cured (50 Patients) ; Minerva Med. 1980

    Skin - Psoriasis
    48% cured, 24% significant improvement, 28% no change (61 Patients) ; Acupunct electrother Res Int J. 1992

    Skin - Warts
    100% cure (7 Patients) ; Am. J. Acupunct. 1987

    Soft Tissue Injury Pain
    effective in 90.5% of cases  (100 Patients) ; J.Tradit.Chin.Med.1989

    Tennis elbow (after only 1 acupuncture
    treatment)
    79% of patients had Pain reduced by at least 50% (24 Patients) ; J. Rheumatol. 1994

    Veterinary - Back Pain
    Before acupuncture the horses could not function normally; after 8 treatments 86% of them could function normally. (15 Patients) ; Acupunct Electrother Res Int J. 1984


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1999 - 2007
   

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