BACKGROUND Forty per cent of individuals with early or intermediate stage cancer and 90% with advanced cancer have moderate to severe pain and up to 70% of patients with cancer pain do not receive adequate pain relief. It has been claimed that acupuncture has a role in management of cancer pain and guidelines exist for treatment of cancer pain with acupuncture. This is an updated version of a C...

RATIONALE The great auricular nerve can be damaged by the neck surgery, tumor, and long-time pressure on the neck. But, great auricular neuralgia is very rare condition. It was managed by several medication and landmark-based great auricular nerve block with poor prognosis. PATIENT CONCERNS A 25-year-old man presented with a pain in the left lateral neck and auricle. DIAGNOSIS He was diagno...

Strittmater 1 describes many instances wherein a scar that is affecting a patient adversely can be treated by needling or cold lasering the corresponding point on the ear. Successful auricular therapy depends on an assessment that leads to the proper selection of points to be treated. Strittmatter also describes the use of Nogier’s vascular autonomic signal (VAS) as a means of assessing a scar ...

Paulus WE, Zhang M, Strehler E, El Danasouri I, Sterzik K. Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy. Fertil Steril 2002;77(4):721-4. Summary The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction therapy (ART) by comparing a group of patients receiving acupuncture treatment ...

the basis of acupuncture is still being studied from many different aspects. some preliminary views include: 1) the analgesic function of acupuncture derives from the clashing of the biochemical lines of acupuncture and those of the pain stimulus in the transmitting processes of the central nervous system, the former overriding the latter. 2) acupuncture strengthens the cerebral cortex's i...

BACKGROUND Myopia (near-sightedness or short-sightedness) is one of the three commonly detected refractive (focusing) errors. Acupuncture is the stimulation of acupuncture points by various methods including needle insertion and acupressure. It is often used by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to treat myopia in children. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness and safety of acupunct...