Auricular acupuncture is a diagnostic and treatment system based on normalizing the body's dysfunction through stimulation of definite points on the ear. Rudimentary forms of acupuncture which probably arose during the Stone Age have survived in many parts of the world right down to present day. It was used in the ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and all the Mediterranean area. It is a microacupunct...

Hasty Conclusion About Acupuncture for Hypertension? To the Editor: In his editorial commentary, “Acupuncture for Hypertension,” Kaplan1 unequivocally concludes that, “acupuncture is of no value for the treatment of hypertension.” In their clinical trial, Macklin et al2 randomly assigned hypertensive subjects to 1 of 3 interventions using “individualized,” “standardized,” or “sham” acupuncture....

The objective of this randomized comparative study was to provide preliminary data of comparative effectiveness of Thai traditional massage (TTM) and Chinese acupuncture for the treatment of myofascial back pain in young military personnel. Eighteen Thai military personnel, aged ranging from 20-40 years were randomly divided into TTM and acupuncture groups. Each group received 5 sessions of mas...

PURPOSE To determine whether acupuncture reduces pain and dysfunction in patients with cancer with a history of neck dissection. The secondary objective is to determine whether acupuncture relieves dry mouth in this population. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients at a tertiary cancer center with chronic pain or dysfunction attributed to neck dissection were randomly assigned to weekly acupuncture v...

OBJECTIVE There is some evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture in chronic low back pain, but it remains unclear which acupuncture modes are most effective. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of two different modes of trigger point acupuncture on pain and quality of life in chronic low back pain patients compared to standard acupuncture treatment. METHODS Thirty five consecutive out-p...

In this study, we extracted and purified components in the Angong Niuhuang pill. Then we applied transdermal enhancers to Angong Niuhuang stickers by modern technology. The Angong Niuhuang sticker includes extracts from curcuma, berberine hydrochloride, baicalin, geniposide, borneol, and musk. Angong Niuhuang stickers at different point application doses (1.35, 2.7, and 5.4 g/kg) were administe...

background to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and compare it with fluoxetine in treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (fms). methods we conducted a prospective, randomized clinical trial. fifteen patients were treated with acupuncture and compared with a control group (n=15) of patients who received fluoxetine. visual analogue scale, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (fiq) and determined...

Increasing neuroimaging researches in stroke rehabilitation had revealed the neural mechanisms of rehabilitation therapy. However, little was known about the neural mechanisms of acupuncture therapy in subcortical stroke patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of functional connectivity (FC) between the bilateral primary motor cortices (M1s) after acupuncture intervention...

s:3252:"Background: Acupuncture is one of the most popular forms of alternative medicine used in the treatment of infertility. But what is acupuncture? Can it really help to get pregnant? Acupuncture involves placing hair-thin needles into particular points in the body. According to traditional Chinese medicine, these points run along "energy lines" called meridians. By needling specific points...