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Volume 4 (2009) - January 2009

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Research   Open Access

Effects of Fructus Piperis Longi extract on fibrotic liver of gamma-irradiated rats

Somaya Mansour, Hanan El-Kabany Chinese Medicine 2009, 4:2 (30 January 2009)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed

Commentary   Open Access

Minimal acupuncture is not a valid placebo control in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture: a physiologist's perspective

Iréne Lund, Jan Näslund, Thomas Lundeberg Chinese Medicine 2009, 4:1 (30 January 2009)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central |  Editor’s summary

Inappropriate use of sham acupuncture as a placebo has invalidated many acupuncture randomized controlled trials, requiring researchers debating acupuncture to re-examine the evidence.