A Therapy of Acupuncture and Moxibution: Acupuncture Anesthesia

Dysphagia Improvement Using Acupuncture Therapy: A Systematic Review

Background. Dysphagia is a common complication in patients with stroke. The research on acupuncture treatment of dysphagia has increased, but the results are not consistent. In this review we intend to answer “what is the potential of acupuncture in treating dysphagia in stroke patients and which acupuncture points are the most promising for treating dysphagia?” Methods. This systematic review...

Acupuncture and dentistry

Background: Acupuncture is one of the best known complementary therapies in Traditional Chinese medicine and has a history of more than 2500 years. Acupuncture stimulates the nervous system and shifts the perception of pain signals and also releases natural painkillers, such as endorphins and serotonin. Aim: Main aim of this article is to review related articles that have focused on acupunctur...

Horse Anesthesia by Traditional Acupuncture

Acupuncture. A useful complement of anesthesia?

UNLABELLED Since acupuncture provides analgesia it might be expected to reduce the need for conventional anaesthetic drugs during general anaesthesia. In this review we discuss four double blind, placebo controlled studies evaluating acupunture's ability to reduce analgesic or anesthetic requirement. Three studies (from Greif et al., Morioka et al. and Taguchi et al.) examined whether transcuta...

Acupuncture in ambulatory anesthesia: a review

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