Introduction Myofascial Trigger Points (TrPs) are a common source of musculoskeletal pain presenting in primary care. General practitioners frequently refer these patients to physiotherapy departments for treatment. Identifying TrPs requires training and clinical expertise. Whilst British undergraduate medical and physiotherapy training does not include TrP identification, substantial literatur...

[email protected] The SAR symposium has become a regular feature of the acupuncture research calendar. It started with a small group of people who longed for an open arena in which to discuss acupuncture research without any professional tensions or barriers, and celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. It is a worthy aim to establish a successful society in this under-funded field, and...

Introduction The Laing Chair in Complementary Medicine was established in 1993. Its financial basis was an endowment from the Maurice Laing Foundation. This was meant to provide core funding for the first 10 years. Recently a second, major, generous endowment secured our medium-term future. The 'Clinical Research Unit' was founded in 1994, and the Department of Complementary Medicine in 1996. I...

This study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of diallyl disulfide from Allium sativum, an oil-soluble organosulfur compound found in garlic, in suppressing human non-small cell lung carcinoma H1299 cells. A potent increase in apoptotic cells has accompanied 1) a decrease in cell viability, 2) an increase of the fraction of G2/M-phase cells by up to 48.80 %, and 3) a transient increase of t...

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is the commonest joint disease, with many patients having persistent disability due to pain and stiffness. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory therapy is limited by side effects and not all patients are adequately controlled with lifestyle changes. Reports of the therapeutic and analgesic effects of acupuncture in OA have stimulated interest in acupuncture as comple...

introduction: black pepper (piper nigrum l.) is one of the medicinal plants being used to prevent and manage stroke in persian medicine. current findings support its anti-inflammatory, radical scavenging and neuroprotective characteristics. in this study, we aimed to evaluate role of black pepper on functional and histopathological outcomes of stroke in an animal model of mcao. materials and me...