00 Cover 1730
Stagnation of qiis caused by an irregular energy flow or blockage; this may be the result of physical injury or emotional stres ...
Kidney-related disorders Poor memory and concentration Constitutional weakness Low libido. Shen Shenis both mind and spirit. I ...
The organs (zang fu) The organs detailed below have a special status in TCM, being the creators and storers of the five substanc ...
although it roughly corresponds to the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic regions, including all the organs within. It coordinates t ...
After taking a full history, pulses are read (Figure 6.4). Chinese medicine recognises up to 28 pulses, which are palpable on th ...
provincial or regional, and 4 specialist).^15 The first trials were published in the early 1980s. The number of trials had doubl ...
difficult because, particularly with traditional Chinese or Indian ayurvedic medicine, where the aim may be to correct imbalance ...
suggests that there is a much greater need to determine whether Chinese medicinal herbs dowork rather than howthey might work.^2 ...
134 | Traditional medicine Low or insufficient data Level of utilisation MediumHighNo data Figure 6.5 Global utilisation of acup ...
Jing) was published. Acupuncture flourished in China throughout the Ming period (1368–1644). Subsequently, it went into gradual ...
needles into the skin. Other methods of stimulation include the application of pressure and the passing of a weak electrical cur ...
Wang et al. described the use of a needle that looks rather like a scalpel for the treatment of myofascial pain.^31 The second i ...
number of correspondents to the British Medical Journal criticised this support, claiming that the evidence was not sufficient t ...
they were asked to rate how much their clinical condition had improved or worsened over a specified period of time. The BMJ Grou ...
course of acupuncture.^52 In another case two acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients were strongly suspected of con ...
nickel, are possible.61–63There is some evidence that it might be inappropriate to use electro-acupuncture on patients with pace ...
Precautions A number of precautions may be suggested when practising acupuncture: Patients should lie down during treatment. Di ...
when compared with placebo.74,75A pilot study for an RCT of acupuncture in low back pain concluded that the results were ‘promis ...
persistent, clinically relevant benefits for primary care patients with chronic headache, particularly migraine and that expansi ...
programme, a multi-faceted therapeutic approach that aims to reduce the health and social problems induced by drug epidemics. In ...
«
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
»
Free download pdf