Purpose Primary dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent among adolescent women and a major cause of activity restriction. Standard pharmaceuticals for dysmenorrhea have side effects that may limit their use. Acupoint injection of vitamin K has been used to treat dysmenorrhea at the Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital in Shanghai, China since at least 1985. The purpose of this study was to examine feasibi...

Bee venom (BV) has traditionally been used in Oriental medicine to relieve pain and to treat in ̄ammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While several investigators have evaluated the anti-in ̄ammatory effect of BV treatment, the anti-nociceptive effect of BV treatment on in ̄ammatory pain has not been examined. Previous studies in experimental animals suggest that the therapeutic eff...

BACKGROUND Primary dysmenorrhoea (PD), defined as painful menses in women with normal pelvic anatomy, is one of the most common gynaecological syndromes. Acupoint-stimulation could potentially be an effective intervention for PD. Our aim was to determine the effectiveness of acupoint-stimulation compared with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NASIDs) in the treatment of PD. METHODS Six d...

The burden of post COVID rehabilitation is and will be a strong concern for healthcare stakeholders. Traditional Chinese Medicine suggesting the application acupuncture as dependable tool to inserted in project. Libralux, an ultra-low-level-laser stimulator has proven its effectiveness stimulator. In this paper we report respiratory cycle modifications obtained through stimulation with Libralux...

BACKGROUND Acupuncture is increasingly used as an additional treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study, brain activation in response to acupuncture in a group of 12 patients with PD was compared with a group of 12 healthy participants. Acupuncture was conducted on a specific acupoint, the right GB 34 (Yanglingquan), which...

We present H-band (1.65 µm) imaging of 23 low redshift (z ≤ 0.3) BL Lac objects that were previously investigated by us in the optical R-band. For all the observed objects, the host galaxy is clearly detected and well represented by an elliptical model, with average scale length R(e) = 7.2±3.6 kpc and average absolute magnitude M(H) =-25.9±0.6. BL Lac hosts are therefore luminous (massive) elli...

In this study we evaluated the efficacy of electro-acupoint stimulation, ondansetron versus placebo for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Patients undergoing major breast surgery under general anesthesia were randomized into active electro-acupoint stimulation (A), ondansetron 4 mg IV (O), or sham control (placement of electrodes without electro-acupoint stimulation; p...

Zonal flows and, more generally, zonal structures are known to play important self-regulatory roles in the dynamics of microscopic drift-wave-type turbulences. Since toroidal Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) plays crucial roles in the Alfvén wave instabilities in burning fusion plasmas, it is, thus, important to understand and assess the possible roles of zonal flow and structures on the nonlinear dynami...