The Journal of Chinese Medicine back issues from February 2005:
Acupunture treatment according the six conformations of the Shanghan Lun.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract For close to two thousand years, the Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) has provided the framework for the treatment of acute external diseases, based on the six conformations or channels. It has offered Chinese herbal practitioners a range of powerful yet subtle ...
Acupuncture and moxibustion in the Shang Han Za Bing Lun.(Book review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract Although the Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Discussion of Cold-Induced Disorders) written by Zhang Zhong Jing (Eastern Han dynasty, 25 to 220 C.E.) is a revered historical and clinical text that has guided generations of Chinese herbal medicine practitioners, Zhang Zhong ...
A history of preventive moxibustion.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract Preventive moxibustion has a long history and deep roots in Chinese medicine. This essay describes the history of preventive moxibustion from the Neijing through the Ming dynasty. Keywords: moxibustion, prevention, preventive moxibustion, nourishing life. ...
How to learn Chinese herbs (Part six).
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract For most western students, studying Chinese herbal medicine is particularly difficult. Facing so many new Chinese and Latin names, as well as a great deal of information involving so many diseases, a Western student can easily feel frustrated. So can it be made easier ...
The application of acupuncture and moxibustion in the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber).
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract This article summarises the application of acupuncture and moxibustion in the first clinical medical classic in China, the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber) written in the latter part of the Eastern Han dynasty (25 to 220 CE), which can ...
Regulating the heart with acupuncture during the rehabilitation stage of wind stroke.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract Both in China and overseas, it is well known that acupuncture can play an important role in the treatment of windstroke, especially during the rehabilitation stage. However, in the treatment of windstroke most acupuncturists prefer to choose acupuncture points from the ...
How to treat lower respiratory tract disease with the KISS principle.(keep it simple stupid)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract This article discusses a simplified approach to the pattern differentiation and treatment of lower respiratory tract diseases by Chinese herbal medicine. Keywords: Lung disease, treatment with Chinese herbal medicine (TCM), COPD, LRTD, respiratory system ...
Post natal acupuncture.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract Traditional Chinese medicine has very firm ideas on the amount of care and rest appropriate to the first month or longer after childbirth that contrast with the modern emphasis on returning to normal activities within a week or two. Recovery after childbirth can be ...
A story about a small feisty warrior.(treatment of a chind with biliary atresia )
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract A five month old child with biliary atresia and cholestasis was treated with acupuncture, ursodeoxycholic acid, naturopathy and Chinese herbal medicine with a positive outcome. Keywords: biliary atresia, cholestasis, paediatric, UDCA, acupuncture. ...
Facial paralysis treatment by Chinese medicine.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Abstract Although the prognosis for peripheral facial paralysis is generally good, up to 15% of patients may be left with sequelae in the form of persistent asymmetry. Early treatment by acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine is therefore encouraged to assist in the prevention ...
Acupuncture in Physiotherapy.(Book review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... ACUPUNCTURE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY by Val Hopwood. Butterworth-Heinemann, softback, 275 pages, -24.99 I like this book. The author, one of the founders of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP) in Britain, is a highly skilled teacher and an experienced ...
Clinical observation on acupuncture treatment in 35 cases of diabetic gastroparesis.
Feb 01, 2005; ... 80 patients suffering from diabetes combined with gastric problems (fullness and distension of the upper abdomen, anorexia, and nausea and vomiting in severe cases) were divided into 3 groups. All patients continued with their normal treatment for managing the diabetes, but in addition the ...
Auricular-plaster therapy for treatment of IBS.(irritable bowel syndrome)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... 98 patients with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) were divided into a treatment group of 60 (29 male and 31 female, average age 46 years, disease duration from 2 to 40 years) and a control group of 38 (11 male and 27 female, average age 44, disease duration from 2 to 30 years). The treatment ...
Two hundred cases of insomnia treated by otopoint pressure plus acupuncture.
Feb 01, 2005; ... The author discusses his approach to the treatment of insomnia, discussing the management of 200 people (106 male and 94 female, ranging in age from 17 to 54 years) who were treated with ear point pressure plus acupuncture. The patients had disease durations varying from 2 to 245 days, and ...
The needling technique and clinical application of point Zhibian.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... The author outlines the use of Zhibian BL-54 (in combination with other points) in 5 case ...
One hundred and six cases of chronic gastritis treated by acupuncture.
Feb 01, 2005; ... 64 males and 42 females aged between 15 and 70 years, with a disease duration ranging from 6 months to 20 years were treated with acupuncture. All these patients had previously been treated both with western medicine and with Chinese herbs; these treatments being suspended for the duration ...
Clinical study on electro-acupuncture treatment for 30 cases of mental depression.
Feb 01, 2005; ... This interesting study compared the effect of electro-acupuncture on patients suffering from depression with that of maprotiline, a tricyclic anti-depressant used in western medicine. The authors concluded that electro-acupuncture was as effective as the drug therapy, but with less side ...
Two hundred and fifty-eight cases of hemoptysis treated by injection of Vitamin [K.sub.3] into Chize point.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... The authors compared the effectiveness of injecting vitamin K3 into Chize LU-5 for the prevention of haemoptysis (coughing of blood) in a range of conditions including bronchitis, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis and lung cancer. The unilateral point injection of 8mg of Vitamin K3 was carried ...
Mind-refreshing acupuncture therapy for facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia and stubborn facial paralysis.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... The authors describe 3 cases histories where Fengchi GB-20, Wangu GB-12, Tianzhu BL-10,Shangxing DU-23 and Yintang (M-HN-3) were used to treat facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia and facial paralysis, respectively. The first three points were needled perpendicularly 0.5-1 cun, with twirling ...
Combined use of acupuncture and pharmacotherapy for treatment of auditory hallucination.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... 11 patients with auditory hallucinations due to schizophrenia were treated with acupuncture combined with an intravenous drip of sulpiride. Among the 11 cases 7 were male and 4 female, ranging in age from 26-56, with a disease duration from 3 months to 30 years. The main points selected ...
Treatment of primary hypotension by electroacupuncture at Neiguan and Gongsun-A report of 100 cases.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... The authors compared the treatment of 100 people with hypotension using electroacupuncture at Neiguan P-6 and Gongsun SP-4 with that of 110 people treated with Ba Zhen Tang (Eight-Treasure Decoction). In the acupuncture group, a G6805-1 electroacupuncture device was connected bilaterally ...
Clinical analysis for the acupuncture treatment in 42 cases of gouty renal damage.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... 72 cases with renal damage resulting from gout were separated into a treatment group of 42 cases (28 men and 14 women, average age 42.5) and a control group of 30 cases (21 men and 9 women, average age 43). Many patients had at least one additional complicating condition, such as acute or ...
Fifty cases of external humeral epicondylitis treated by moxibustion and point-injection.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Fifty people suffering with external humeral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) were treated with a combination of moxibustion at Quchi L.I.-11, Shousanli L.I.-10 and ahshi points, and the injection of a compound 1ml each of Dan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae) and Ye Mu Gua (Stauntonia ...
Dr. Shi Yanqing's experience in acupuncture treatment of paralysis agitans.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... This article discusses the achievements of Dr. Shi Yanqing in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Dr. Shi argues that this disease is due to deficiency of vital qi and disturbance of yin and yang. The disease is located in the brain and manifests in the limbs, and so head points are used ...
Acupuncture treatment for 87 cases of facial paralysis.
Feb 01, 2005; ... This study cover the treatment of 46 males and 41 females aged from 16-78 years and with a disease duration of between 1 day and 5 months. The authors point out that the patients with a disease duration of more than 10 days (14 cases) had usually been receiving acupuncture elsewhere, ...
Effects of acupuncture on hemorheology, blood lipid content and nail fold microcirculation in multiple infarct dementia patients.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... 46 cases of multiple infarct dementia (MID) were treated with acupuncture, in accordance with the principles of supplementing deficiency to clear excess, and regulating the spirit to invigorate intelligence. In order to dispel wind, resolve stasis and remove obstruction of the channels, ...
Dr. Shang Zhaokui's experience in acupuncture treatment of three obstinate cases.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... In the first case history, central retinal artery occlusion is treated by bloodletting with a three-edged needle at Dazhui DU-14, Zanzhu BL-2, Yuyao (M-HN-6), Sibai ST-2 and Tongziliao GB-1. Blood-letting is also used every other day in the second case history of a 42 day old infant ...
A Clinical study on treatment of senile psoriasis by replenishing qi to activate blood.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... The 40 patients in the treatment group, 26 male and 14 female, were aged from 60-69 years and with a disease duration of between 2 and 35 years. 6 cases also suffered from coronary heart disease, 4 from hypertension, and 2 from diabetes. 31 healthy patients were selected as controls. In ...
Medicinal herbs used in pairs for treatment of 98 cases of chronic gastritis.
Feb 01, 2005; ... 163 cases of chronic gastritis were divided into a treatment group and a control group. In the treatment group there were 98 cases, 69 males and 29 females, ranging in age from 11 years to 86 years, and in disease duration from 12 months to 30 years. 66% of the patients showed evidence of ...
Dr. Ji Wenhuang's experience in TCM treatment of thyropathy.(traditional chinese medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Hyperthyroidism in its early stages is an excess condition, which becomes transformed over time into a deficiency of both qi and yin. Dr. Ji believes that such a lingering disease will inevitably affect the Kidney. Qi stagnation and the accumulation of phlegm, or hyperactivity of Liver .re ...
Nephrotic syndrome and the TCM treatment.(traditional chinese medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... This article looks at the treatment of three very different cases; one with oedema and dysmenorrhoea due to deficiency of Spleen and Kidney yang, cold and deficiency in the uterus, and stagnant qi and blood; one ...
Prof. Luo Zhiqiang's experience in treating cervical vertigo.
Feb 01, 2005; ... This interesting article discusses the aetiology and pathology of cervical spondylopathy in some depth. The author identifies 3 main syndromes, with associated herbal prescriptions. The main prescription, which is designed to eliminate wind and promote blood circulation, is Quan Xie ...
Effects of Chinese herbal medicine on bone structure and function.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005; ... In this cross-over study of 14 menopausal women, the authors tested the effects of Shu Di Shan Zha Formula on bone structure and function, over an 8 month period. While changes to bone density indicated by broadband ...
Acupuncture & knee arthritis.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The longest and largest randomised, controlled phase III clinical trial of acupuncture ever conducted has found that acupuncture can significantly improve the symptoms of arthritis of the knee. The study of 570 patients was carried out at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The ...
Acupuncture & knee arthritis 2.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In a separate Spanish study of the potential benefits of acupuncture in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, 97 patients were randomly assigned to receive either acupuncture plus diclofenac, or placebo acupuncture plus diclofenac. The true acupuncture consisted of needling (followed by ...
Acupuncture for neck pain.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... This very large German study compared the effects of fifteen acupuncture treatments over three months with no acupuncture in the treatment of chronic neck pain (longer than six months). 1753 patients were randomly allocated to receive acupuncture and 1698 to the non-acupuncture control ...
Aupuncture for chronic headache.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Another large German study similarly compared the effects of randomly assigned acupuncture, self-elected acupuncture and non-acupuncture controls on chronic migraine and tension headache in a total of 15,056 patients. After three months of treatment (fifteen sessions) the frequency of ...
Acupuncture & chronic pelvic pain in men.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... This Japanese study treated ten men suffering from chronic pelvic pain syndrome (eight of whom had previously received pharmacological medicines without benefit) at a single acupuncture point, Zhongliao BL-33, with the needle retained for ten minutes whilst being rotated manually ....
Acupuncture, IVF & pregnancy.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... A German study reported in NEWS 69, June 2002 showed that adding IVF to the treatment protocol of patients receiving IVF increased their chances of becoming pregnant by 50%. Now a further study carried out at the Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Centre in Colorado Springs, USA, has ...
Acupuncture reduces pain after IVF.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In this study, 286 women were randomly assigned to receive either electroacupuncture plus para-cervical block or alfentanil (a powerful analgesic) plus para-cervical block during oocyte aspiration (egg retrieval). Both interventions induced ...
Acupuncture & allergic rhinitis in kids.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of acupuncture for the treatment of childhood persistent allergic rhinitis was carried out at a Hong Kong hospital. Patients attending the paediatric outpatient department were randomly assigned to receive either true or sham ...
Acupuncture & breast surgery.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Women who received electro-stimulation of the Neiguan P-6 point experienced less post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and reported less pain and greater overall satisfaction at 2 and 24 hours after surgery than those who were given ondansetron (Zofran) the leading ...
Standardisation of acupuncture points.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... According to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Japan, China and South Korea are embarking on a project to standardise the locations of the acupuncture points. So far differences have been revealed on the locations of 92 points, with the expectation that all will be standardised by the ...
Acupuncture cuts medical expenses.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In this innovative Japanese study, the health expenses of two companies whose employees engaged in similar physical labour were compared. In one company around half the employees received a total of eight acupuncture treatments, once a week, for neck/shoulder, knee and lumbar pain. In the ...
Acupuncture & itching.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... This interesting little study compared the effects of i. needling Quchi L.I.-11, ii. placebo acupuncture and iii. no acupuncture on experimentally induced itch (1% histamine stimulus). Itch intensity was recorded on a computer-aided visual analogue scale (VAS) and skin ...
Acupuncture in general practice.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... An audit was carried out into the outcomes of 49 consecutive referrals made to a traditionally trained acupuncturist within a general medical practice. The referred patients had a wide variety of conditions and reported poorer health status than the average general practice patient. After ...
Acupuncture for pelvic and back pain in pregnancy.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In this Swedish study, 72 pregnant women (24-37 weeks) suffering pelvic or low back pain were randomly assigned to an acupuncture group or a control group. Traditional acupuncture points and ahshi points were needled (with deqi elicited) in individualised treatments, once or twice a week ...
Acupressure effective for low back pain.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... A Taiwanese study randomly assigned 146 chronic lower back pain patients to receive either standard physical therapy or fifteen-minute acupressure treatments (six treatments over four weeks for both groups). At the end of the study, the average pain scores had decreased from 9.29 ...
Chinese medicine for chronic headaches.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... This German study compared the number of days of moderate headache experienced by two groups of chronic headache sufferers, one after 4 weeks of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture treatment at a Chinese medicine hospital in Kotzting, Germany, and the other assigned to a non-treatment ...
European union & herbal medicine.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The European union has established a new Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products to investigate and ...
Chinese herbs & dementia.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In a Japanese study, 33 patients with mild to moderate dementia were assigned to received either Ba Wei Di Huang Wan (Eight-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia), 7.5g/day or placebo for 8 weeks. At the end of the study period, the treatment group showed ...
Chinese herbs for kids asthma.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... This joint study carried out by the University of Michigan and the Beijing Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Research Centre compared 102 children who took Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for their mild intermittent asthma with 109 children with similar asthma who used only western ...
Herbs & HIV.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... A Chinese herbal medicine known as 'SH', that has proven effective in helping combat HIV infection, is expected to go on the market in early 2005. It is the result of 20 years of development and cooperation between the Kunming Institute of Biology and Thailand's Ministry ...
Taiwanese herbal medicine regulations.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The Taiwanese Department of Health has announced that it will be enforcing new Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations on all domestic pharmaceutical companies engaging in the manufacturing of herbal medicine, starting in March 2005. The regulations are intended to stop ...
Bear products detection kits.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The London-based World Society for the Protection of Animals is in the process of developing kits that will enable customs officers to rapidly detect products containing illegal bear parts such as gall bladders and bear bile. The trade in bear products is highly ...
Tai chi & heart failure.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In a small US study, 15 people with heart failure were assigned to receive 2 one-hour tai chi classes twice a week for 12 weeks, in addition to standard medical care, and compared to a similar sized group who received standard care ...
Tai Chi, balance & falls.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Two hundred and fifty-six healthy, physically inactive adults (aged 70-92) were randomly assigned to a Tai Chi group or an exercise/stretching group in this six-month study. Members of the tai chi ...
Tai Chi & sleep.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... In this study, 118 inactive but healthy men and women, aged 60 to 92 years with moderate sleep complaints, were randomly assigned to a tai chi group or a low-impact exercise group. The tai chi group learnt a simplified yang style, whilst the exercise group were taught seated exercises ...
Tai Chi & osteoporosis.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... This Hong Kong study randomly assigned 132 healthy post-menopausal women to supervised tai chi (45 minutes each time, five times per week for a year) or to a non tai chi, inactive (sedentary lifestyle) group. At the ...
Systematic review of tai chi studies.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... A systematic review of 47 tai chi studies has concluded that tai chi appears to have both physiological and psychosocial benefits, and is safe and ...
Yoga is good for you.(treating cardiac patients)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Thirty-three adults, mostly men, ten of whom suffered from cardiovascular disease, undertook three ninety-minute yoga and meditation sessions a week for six weeks. There were significant reductions in blood pressure, body mass and ...
Prescription drug use in USA.(United States of America)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Over 40% of the US population was currently taking at least one prescription drug in 1999-2000 (the most recent year for which data have been published), and 16.5% were taking at least three. Other data from the study shows an increase in life ...
Corticosteroids & head injury.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... For over 30 years corticosteroids have been used routinely to treat serious head injuries. However a randomised trial of over 10,000 adults with head injuries--the first clinical trial to investigate the effect of corticosteroids in preventing death after head injury--was stopped early ...
And more bad news for the drugs industry.(complications due to abrupt cessation of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Although systemic inflammation (AMI) has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, the effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on the risk of AMI has not been sufficiently studied. New research, which analysed the records of British 8688 ...
Green tea & prostate cancer.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2005 ... A study on a mouse model of human prostate cancer has suggested that polyphenols in green tea are able to combat the disease on a number of different levels. The polyphenols change the insulin-like, growth-factor-driven pathway present in prostate tumours, ...