A review: Antihyperglycemic plant medicines in management of diabetes
Publication date: Available online 8 December 2016 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): Kiran Bhagour, Dharmendra Arya, R.S. Gupta Diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder prevailing among people with ageing and sedentary lifestyle associated with rapidly growing urbanization and industrialization. Medicinal plants prescribed in thesaurus of Ayurveda and used by folklore have been a source of relief in controlling different types of diabetes all over the world. At the present time, the use of these herbal drugs is growing at high pace because of its cost effectiveness and free from the side effects over...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - December 8, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Mechanisms of Acupuncture
Publication date: Available online 7 December 2016 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): Irene Lund, Thomas Lundeberg (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - December 7, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
pneumothorax associated with acupuncture: a systematic review and analysis
Conclusions acupuncture should be emphasized and listed in the western medical textbooks as an iatrogenic cause to pneumothorax. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - December 5, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Adverse events during Acupuncture training at the 3rd Edition of the Post-Graduation on Medical Acupuncture at Health Sciences School of the University of Minho
Publication date: Available online 9 August 2016 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): Gustavo Pereira, Alexandra Mesquita, António Paulo Martins-da-Encarnação Acupuncture is a therapeutic technique in which fine solid metal needles are inserted into the body and manipulated, in order to elicit local, segmental and extra-segmental effects, thus modulating the activity of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System (including the activity of the Autonomic Nervous System). Training on Acupuncture for medical doctors usually involves peer practice of needling throughout the duration of the training program...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - August 9, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Pain in infants and children —Physiological background and clinical aspects
Publication date: October 2013 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issue 4 Author(s): Stefan Lundeberg, Thomas Lundeberg Pain is a vital sign in infants and children and is essential for survival. Pain is subjective and it is only the individual who can describe the pain or the anticipation of pain. In infants, observation of behaviors that suggests pain, physiological and biological markers are used in the clinical assessment. It is well established that infants from the gestational age of about 20 weeks have a functional pain system, even if immature, which can perceive and respond to tissue injur...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - July 20, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Changing the paradigm —Teaching Western Style Acupuncture in Portugal
Publication date: February 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 1 Author(s): A. Encarnação, H. Pinto, H. Pinto Ferreira In the past, the teaching of acupuncture to medical doctors in Portugal was mostly linked to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts. The presentation of the complex TCM diagnostic methods and treatment strategies to medical doctors touches the frontier of “suspension of disbelieve” in order to be able to understand and, in particular, apply those concepts to the treatment. Most of the TCM concepts are almost impossible to translate to western medical terms, m...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - July 20, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Hand held electroacupuncture devices —Potential for teaching in functional muscular neuroanatomy and musculo-skeletal diagnosis
Publication date: May 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 2 Author(s): A. Encarnação Hand-held electroacupuncture devices have been traditionally used as a tool to locate “acupoints” trough detection of differences in skin conductivity. While teaching at the Post-Graduation Courses on Medical Acupuncture in Portugal, both at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and at the Universidade do Minho, the hand-held acupuncture device has become a fundamental tool for location of acupoints and teaching functional muscular neuroanatomy. Unlike traditional use, the device is used after needle insert...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - July 20, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Smoking cessation with counselling and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS TCM could be an effective treatment for smoking cessation when used as a single technique and especially combined with counselling. Further studies are needed to determine its efficacy. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - June 2, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
STRICTA: for Acupuncture and Related Therapies (ARTHE)
Publication date: Available online 20 May 2016 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): Thomas Lundeberg (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - May 19, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Revised Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT statement
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 3, Issue 4 Author(s): Hugh MacPherson, Douglas G. Altman, Richard Hammerschlag, Li Youping, Wu Taixiang, Adrian White, David Moher The Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) were published in five journals in 2001 and 2002. These guidelines, in the form of a checklist and explanations for use by authors and journal editors, were designed to improve reporting of acupuncture trials, particularly the interventions, thereby facilitating their interpretation and replication. Subsequent re...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - April 17, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Endometriosis pain and Acupuncture
Publication date: Available online 24 August 2015 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): I. Lund, T. Lundeberg Endometriosis is a common cause of pain in the pelvic region in women. Endometriosis pain has often been considered to be a homogeneous condition. However, multiple mechanisms have been shown to contribute making it a therapeutic challenge. Many of the current medical treatments for it include oral drugs like non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, contraceptives, progestogens, androgenic agents, gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues, as well as laparoscopic surgical excision of the endometri...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - August 25, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Effects triggered in the periphery by acupuncture
Publication date: Available online 17 August 2015 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): I Lund, T Lundeberg The clinical effects following acupuncture stimulation can be attributed to peripheral and central effects. Histological studies have revealed that many acupuncture points have dense innervation, and are often located in direct relation to skeletal muscles, connective tissue, as well as to cells with neuro-immune-modulatory role (Li et al., 2004), suggesting that these tissue may contribute both to the peripheral and central effects. In the present review some possible peripheral effects of acup...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - August 18, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Immediate effect of manual acupuncture stimulation of four points versus slow breathing in declination of blood pressure in primary hypertensive- A parallel randomized control trial
Conclusion The results of the present study suggests that yogic breathing practices decreases the systolic components of the blood pressure whereas the acupuncture group is effective in reducing the diastolic component of the blood pressure. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - August 9, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Effectiveness and safety of using acupoint Shui Gou (GV 26): A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Conclusions There appears to be evidence on the use of GV26 for improving efficacy rate in ALBS, functional enuresis and intractable hiccups, and it appears to be effective in increasing blood pressure and reducing heart rate during revival. However, the findings should be interpreted with caution due to the limited methodological quality of included trials. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - January 30, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Effectiveness and safety of using acupoint Shui Gou (GV 26): a systematic review and meta-analysis for randomized controlled trials
Conclusions There appears to be evidence on the use of GV26 on improving efficacy rate in ALBS, functional enuresis and intractable hiccups, and it appears to be effective in increasing blood pressure, reducing heart rate during revival. However, the findings should be interpreted with caution due to the limited methodological quality of included trials. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - January 3, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
