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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.

"Acupuncture ...is widely used to improve motor, sensation, speech, and other neurological functions in patients with stroke."

American Heart Association (2008)
"Combining acupressure with a task-related training program is safe and effective in improving the lower limb motor function of an individual 5 years post stroke."
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation - Vol. 21, No. 4 (2014)

"Cardiovascular inpatients reported statistically significant decreases in pain and anxiety following care with adjunctive IM interventions."

Jill R Johnson, et al, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing (2014)
"Acupuncture is found effective for the treatment of paralysis caused by a stroke."
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)
"Acupuncture therapy seems effective for motor function, pain relief and activities of daily living in stroke patients with mild SHS, when it is used in combination with rehabilitation."
Frontiers in Neurology (2019)
"Acupuncture treatment of insomnia is efficacious, not because of its placebo effect."
Annals of Palliative Medicine (2020)
"National Institutes of Health (NIH) studies have shown that acupuncture IS* an effective treatment alone or in combination with conventional therapies to treat the following:
  • • 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
"...It may also help with stroke rehabilitation."
John Hopkins Medicine
* "is" indicates numerous studies have reliably proven efficacy, while "may" signifies less scientific confidence.
See Jin Shin (Jyutsu) studies and where it's integrated in healthcare settings

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