The indications of acupoints are thought to be highly associated with the lines of the meridian systems. The present study used data mining methods to analyze the characteristics of the indications of each acupoint and to visualize the relationships between the acupoints and disease sites in the classic Korean medical text Chimgoogyeongheombang. Using a term frequency-inverse document frequency...

BACKGROUND This paper aims to describe the characteristics of physicians and interventions of a large, multicenter randomized trial of acupuncture for migraine (ART Migraine) in order to enable acupuncturists to assess the study interventions. PATIENTS AND METHODS 302 patients suffering from migraine were randomized to 12 sessions of semi-standardized acupuncture (6 predefined basic points, r...

The biological effects of acupuncture include the regulation of a variety of neurohumoral factors and growth control factors. In science, models or hypotheses with confirmed predictions are considered more convincing than models solely based on retrospective explanations. Literature review showed that two biological models of acupuncture have been prospectively tested with independently confirm...

OBJECTIVES De qi is a sensation experienced by a patient or an acupuncturist during acupuncture treatment. Although de qi is considered to be important in acupuncture treatment, there are not many studies about de qi and its character. The purpose of this study is to review de qi questionnaires and evaluate the relationship between de qi and acupuncture points, stimulation and treatment effects...

BACKGROUND Although acupuncture is effective for treating several conditions, its site specificity is questionable. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether acupuncture influences the brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP). METHODS 10 healthy volunteers were enrolled according to inclusion criteria. One of four acupuncture points-TE3, GB43 (both auditory system-specific, according to tradition...

Losing weight by acupuncture is an old Chinese method. Nevertheless, many physician and even people don’t believe to it. The main goal of this study is effectiveness of acupuncture on obesity. This study includes some 40 patients aged 16-48 years, with male to female ratio 1 to 2, who fulfilled with obesity criteria of this study. On the base of Obesity syndrome of diagnosis the mains body poin...

OBJECTIVES There are safety issues associated with acupuncture treatment. Previous studies regarding needling depth of acupuncture points revealed inconsistent results due to vague depth definition, acupuncture point localisation and measuring tools. The objective of this study is to find and compare the differences of the mean depths of 11 acupuncture points in the neck and shoulder region bet...