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• Select Laserneedle acupuncture: a critical review and recent results

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  Laserneedle acupuncture: a critical review and recent results

  Author:Detlef SchikoraFrom:Medical Acupuncture (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20082,983 words Article 1380LABSTRACT In the last 5 years, laserneedle acupuncture has become a new category in acupuncture, with its own scientific basics. It combines the tradition of Chinese acupuncture with the possibilities of modern...
• Select Eye exercises of acupoints: their impact on refractive error and visual symptoms in Chinese urban children

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  Eye exercises of acupoints: their impact on refractive error and visual symptoms in Chinese urban children

  Authors:Zhong Lin, Balamurali Vasudevan, Vishal Jhanji, Tie Ying Gao, Ning Li Wang, Qi Wang, et al.From:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 7, 20135,008 words Report 1330LAuthor(s): Zhong Lin1,2 , Balamurali Vasudevan3 , Vishal Jhanji4,5 , Tie Ying Gao6 , Ning Li Wang2 , Qi Wang7 , Ji Wang7 , Kenneth J Ciuffreda8 and Yuan Bo Liang1,2 Background Myopia in school children is a...
• Select Probing the mystery of Chinese medicine meridian channels with special emphasis on the connective tissue interstitial fluid system, mechanotransduction, cells durotaxis and mast cell degranulation

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  Probing the mystery of Chinese medicine meridian channels with special emphasis on the connective tissue interstitial fluid system, mechanotransduction, cells durotaxis and mast cell degranulation

  Author:Peter Chin Wan FungFrom:Chinese Medicine (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  May 29, 20095,111 words Report Authors: Peter Chin Wan Fung (corresponding author) [1] Introduction Acupuncture, a major component in Chinese medicine, has a history of well over two thousand years and is effective to maintain good health and...
• Select SMART UK: the Substance Misuse Acupuncture Register And Training

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  SMART UK: the Substance Misuse Acupuncture Register And Training

  Authors:Peter Deadman, Sue Cox, and Kim WagerFrom:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 78)

  June 20051,551 words Article 1560LAbstract The Substance Misuse Acupuncture Register and Training (SMART UK) teaches people who work in the substance misuse field the application of a five point auricular acupuncture formula treatment as part of...
• Select A comparison of effects on regional pressure pain threshold produced by deep needling of LI 4 and LI 11, individually and in combination

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  A comparison of effects on regional pressure pain threshold produced by deep needling of LI 4 and LI 11, individually and in combination

  Author:Wadie I. NajmFrom:Medical Acupuncture (Vol. 21, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2009526 words Report 1310LLi W, Cobbin D, Zaslawski C. Complement Ther Med. 2008;16:278-287. This was a single-blind study conducted by The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney,...
• Select Deqi does not prevent nerve penetration

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  Deqi does not prevent nerve penetration

  From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 85)

  Oct. 2007212 words Brief article, Clini... 1260LAustrian researchers have used ultrasound imaging to investigate the distance between the needle tip and the median nerve during acupuncture at Neiguan P-6. They tested a hypothesis that deqi is evoked when the needle...
• Select On the combined use of Mingmen & Guanyuan

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  On the combined use of Mingmen & Guanyuan

  Author:Shen XueyongFrom:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 68)

  Feb. 20021,507 words Article 1310LMingmen DU-4, literally translated as the "Gate of Life", is a point of the Governing vessel located below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra. Lateral to it are Shenshu BL-23 and Zhishi BL-52, reflecting...
• Select Clinical experience in multiple Needling therapy

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  Clinical experience in multiple Needling therapy

  Author:Yang PeizhiFrom:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 74)

  Feb. 2004678 words Article 1500LThis article describes a number of needle techniques and lists circumstances where their use is the most appropriate: 1. Concentrated Needling is a technique with 3-5 adjacent points punctured at the same time, and...
• Select Acupoint sensitization, acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture on visceral functional disorders, and its mechanism

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  Acupoint sensitization, acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture on visceral functional disorders, and its mechanism

  Authors:Xiaochun Yu, Bing Zhu, Zhixiu Lin, Haifa Qiao, Jian Kong, and Xinyan GaoFrom:Evidence - Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Vol. 2015) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 2015467 words Editorial 1780LOur special issue, which had opened for 6 months in the second half of 2014, focused on acupoint sensitization, acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture for visceral modulation in gastrointestinal systems, acupuncture for...
• Select The depths from skin to the major organs at chest acupoints of pediatric patients

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  The depths from skin to the major organs at chest acupoints of pediatric patients

  Authors:Yi-Chun Ma, Ching-Tien Peng, Yu-Chuen Huang, Hung-Yi Lin, and Jaung-Geng LinFrom:Evidence - Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Vol. 2015) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20153,570 words Report 1330LBackground. Acupuncture is applied to treat numerous diseases in pediatric patients. Few reports have been published on the depth to which it is safe to insert needle acupoints in pediatric patients. We evaluated the...
• Select Acupoint herbal plaster for patients with primary dysmenorrhea: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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  Acupoint herbal plaster for patients with primary dysmenorrhea: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

  Authors:Siyi Yu, Yueqiang Wen, Wanting Xia, Mingxiao Yang, Zhengtao Lv, Xiaoji Li, et al.From:Trials (Vol. 19, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 3, 20185,397 words Report 1470LBackground Primary dysmenorrhea (PD), is one of main gynecological complaints in women of child-bearing age. Common medications for PD do not always achieve satisfactory outcome of pain relief. Hence, both health...
• Select Ear acupuncture helps maintain benefits of substance abuse treatment

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  Ear acupuncture helps maintain benefits of substance abuse treatment

  Author:Lisa ShermanFrom:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 115)

  Oct. 2017185 words Brief article 1460LEar acupuncture improves quality of life and helps maintain positive outcomes in substance abuse treatment, report American investigators. In a randomised study, 100 patients enrolled in a substance abuse programme...
• Select Acupuncture Injection Combined with Electrokinetic Injection for Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Devices

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  Acupuncture Injection Combined with Electrokinetic Injection for Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Devices

  Author:Ji Won HaFrom:Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry (Vol. 2017) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20173,617 words Report 1350LWe recently reported acupuncture sample injection that leads to reproducible injection of nL-scale sample segments into a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannel for microchip capillary electrophoresis. The advantages...
• Select 3D-MRI rendering of the anatomical structures related to acupuncture points of the Dai mai, Yin qiao mai and Yang qiao mai meridians within the context of the WOMED concept of lateral tension: implications for musculoskeletal disease

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  3D-MRI rendering of the anatomical structures related to acupuncture points of the Dai mai, Yin qiao mai and Yang qiao mai meridians within the context of the WOMED concept of lateral tension: implications for musculoskeletal disease

  Authors:Roy Moncayo, Ansgar Rudisch, Christian Kremser, and Helga MoncayoFrom:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 10, 20074,649 words Article 1320LBackground A conceptual model of lateral muscular tension in patients presenting thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) has been recently described. Clinical improvement has been achieved by using acupuncture on...
• Select An in vitro assay of collagen fiber alignment by acupuncture needle rotation

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  An in vitro assay of collagen fiber alignment by acupuncture needle rotation

  Authors:Margaret Julias, Lowell T. Edgar, Helen M. Buettner, and David I. ShreiberFrom:BioMedical Engineering OnLine (Vol. 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 7, 20086,129 words Article 1540LBackground During traditional acupuncture therapy, soft tissues attach to and wind around the acupuncture needle. To study this phenomenon in a controlled and quantitative setting, we performed acupuncture needling...
• Select Bioelectrical impedance of meridians using low frequency electro-acupuncture

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  Bioelectrical impedance of meridians using low frequency electro-acupuncture

  Authors:S. Mohammad Ali Riyazy, Farzad Towhidkhah, Mohammad Hassan Moradi, and Hassan Ali SadafiFrom:Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20093,338 words Clinical report The purpose of this research project was to investigate the bioelectrical behaviour of meridians in comparison with surrounding tissues in male volunteers using a stimulation frequency in the range of 2 Hz to 2000 Hz....
• Select New YNSA ZS point for disturbances of female hormonal systems

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  New YNSA ZS point for disturbances of female hormonal systems

  Author:Dorothea Zeise-SuessFrom:Medical Acupuncture (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2008978 words Article 1090LABSTRACT Background: A specific point was discovered with Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) that was sensitive to touch in women of various ages with diverse hormonal problems. Needling this point showed...
• Select The effects of auricular acupuncture on smoking cessation may not depend on the point chosen--an exploratory meta-analysis

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  The effects of auricular acupuncture on smoking cessation may not depend on the point chosen--an exploratory meta-analysis

  Authors:Adrian White and Russell MoodyFrom:Acupuncture in Medicine (Vol. 24, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20063,507 words Article 1580LAbstract Introduction Auricular acupuncture is given as a treatment for drug dependence. Points are usually chosen on the assumption that the body is represented somatotopically in the ear, although there is no...
• Select Pilot study of blood perfusion coherence along the meridian in forearm

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  Pilot study of blood perfusion coherence along the meridian in forearm

  Authors:Guangjun Wang, Yuying Tian, Shuyong Jia, Wenting Zhou, and Weibo ZhangFrom:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 23, 20132,888 words Report 1300LAuthor(s): Guangjun Wang1 , Yuying Tian1 , Shuyong Jia1 , Wenting Zhou1 and Weibo Zhang1 Background In Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM) theory, the acupuncture effect is based on the integrity function of the...
• Select Making the point

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  Making the point

  From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 83)

  Feb. 200773 words Brief article 1460LAn international conference held under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has finalised the formal locations of the acupuncture points. Delegates from China, Japan and Korea resolved the location of the...