BACKGROUND Increasingly, studies demonstrate the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy against liver fibrosis. Curcumin is a natural product with antifibrotic effects, but has poor pharmacokinetic profiles. This study aimed to evaluate whether acupuncture combined with curcumin could more potently attenuate liver fibrosis in chemical intoxicated rats. METHODS 60 Sprague-Dawley male rats were r...

Background The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies has increased in children, especially in those with chronic health conditions. However, this increase may not translate into acceptance of CAM in the perioperative setting. We surveyed caregivers of patients undergoing surgery to determine their knowledge and acceptance of hypnotherapy, acupuncture, and music therapy a...

BACKGROUND Acupuncture is an effective yet complex therapy, integrating syndrome differentiation, selection of appropriate acupoints and skillful needling techniques. Clinicians carefully tailor acupuncture treatment to each patient. However, most clinical trials of acupuncture have been based on a standardized formula of points for every patient without properly accounting for individualdiffer...

OBJECTIVE Acupuncture has commonly been used in China, either alone or in combination with Western medicine, to treat sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL). The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy for patients with SSHL. METHODS We searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI), Database for ...

In the Western world acupuncture, whose homeland is considered to be China, was introduced by Portuguese missionaries in 16th century, and since then methods of its application have changed adapted perceptions expectations modern patient. The growing interest method presupposes adaptation Bulgarian legislation established practice addition complex therapy. aim this article study analyse legal f...

The Great East Japan Earthquake inflicted immense damage over a wide area of eastern Japan with the consequent tsunami. Department of Traditional Asian Medicine, Tohoku University, started providing medical assistance to the disaster-stricken regions mainly employing traditional Asian therapies.We visited seven evacuation centers in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture and provided acupuncture/massa...

OBJECTIVE To observe therapeutic effect of "general regulation" acupuncture and cupping therapy on osteoporosis. METHODS Sixty cases of primary osteoporosis were treated with the "general regulation" acupuncture-cupping therapy: warming needle moxibustion, plum-blossom needle, moving cupping and retaining the cup, thrice each week, for 3 months. The therapeutic effect was assessed by modified...

Results CHM, acupuncture+CHM and hormone therapy significantly decreased Kupperman score (p<0.001 in each group) and symptom count (p<0.05). The mean difference in Kupperman score between baseline and 2 months among the 3 groups was significantly varied (p=0.02) with better results for acupuncture+CHM compared with CHM alone. Acupuncture+CHM as well as hormone therapy significantly reduced the ...

To compare the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture, massage, and Tachibana-Ryojutsu (one of Japanese traditional body balance therapy techniques (SEITAI)), on stiff shoulders, the subjects' muscle firmness, blood pressure, pulse, VAS, and body temperature were measured before and after the treatment. Forty-seven volunteer subjects gave written informed consent to participate in this study. The ...

retinopathy after intravitreal bevacizumab and anterior chamber paracentesis in a patient with neovascular glaucoma. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial‑ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non‑commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed...