简介:Acupuncture,asacomplementarytherapy,hasbeenusedtomanagethecancerassociatedsymptomsofcancerpatients.Toidentifytheefficacyandsafetyofacupunctureinthemanagementofcancer,thisreviewcriticallyanalysestherelevantpublicationsincludingbothexperimentalandclinicalstudies.Themajorityofstudiessuggestthatacupunctureeffectivelyrelievessomecancerrelatedsymptomssuchascancerpain,andsomeadverseeffectscausedbythecancerconventionaltreatmentssuchasnausea,vomiting,neutropeniaandxerostomia.
简介:Efficacyofacupuncturetherapyvariesinpatientswithsimilarailments.Thepresentstudywasundertakentosearchforamarkerforbetterefficacyofacupuncturetherapy.Thestudywasmadein224patientsincludingosteoarthritis141(62.94%),polyarthritis23(10.26%),Bursitis&synovitis15(6.69%)andothers45(20.08%).ABObloodgroupsweretestedforeachpatient.ItappearsthatpatientsbelongingtogroupABandBrespondedwelltoacupuncturetherapyinproportionatelymorenumber.Goodresultwasachievedin47.82%casesingroupABand46.04%casesingroupB,whereaspatientsofgroupAandOshowedgoodresultin27.65%and26.15%casesrespectively.ApparentlyitmaybeconcludedthatpatientsofAB&Bbloodgroupswouldrespondcomparativelywelltoacupuncturetherapy.
简介:Acupuncturetherapywasadoptedintreating17patientssufferingfrompostherpeticneuralgia.Localacupointwasselectedasthemainpointandsomepointsontherelatedmeridiansasadjunctpoints,whichwerepuncturedonceaday,10successivedaysasatreatmentcourse.Itwasre-vealedthatthetotaleffectiveratewas88.24%and22.22%inacupuncturegroupandcontrolgrouprespectively(P<0.01).Andthehigheffectiverateswereobservedinthe2ndand3rdcourseofthetreatmentandinthepatientswhosecoursesofdiseaseswereinonemonth.ltissuggestedthatacupuncturewassimple,physiologicallymoderateandeffectivetherapyinthetreatmentofposther-peticneuralgia.
简介:Inthepresentpaper,theauthorsumsupandanalyzesdescriptionsaboutneedle-insertiondepthinChineseclassicalmedicalbookHuangDiNeiJing(TheYellowEmperor'sInternalClassic).InmanychaptersofNeiJing,theneedle-insertiondepthisstressedtobevariousaccordingto1)thedeficiencyorexcessofsyndromes,2)thepatients'constitution,3)theseverityofdisease,4)thedurationofdisease,5)thelocationofdisease,6)thepatient'sage,7)thelocationoftheneedledacupoint,8)theseason,9)thepatient'stemperament,10)thepulsecondition,11)thestateof'Deqi',and12)thelocationoftherunningcourseofmeridians.Inaddition,differentkindsofdiseasesanddifferentstagesofdiseasesalsoneeddifferentdepthsofneedleinsertion,differentmanipulatingskillsanddifferentstimulatingquantity.
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