Efficacy and Safety of the Five Commonly Used External Therapies of TCM Combined with Conventional Western Medicine in Treating Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: a Bayesian Network Meta-analysis [PDF]
Background Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the common complications in diabetic patients, and TCM external therapies represented by acupuncture has some advantages in treating DPN, but what combination of TCM external therapies and ...
LU Chunjian, LIU Wei, LIN Shaoxia, ZHU Yanxian, PI Min
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BackgroundUremic pruritus causes sleep disturbances, poor quality of life, and increased morbidity in patients with chronic kidney disease. Acupuncture has been shown to improve uremic pruritus.
Ping-Hsun Lu +6 more
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Massage Therapy in Outpatient Cancer Care: A Metropolitan Area Analysis. [PDF]
Massage offers cancer patients general quality of life benefits as well as alleviation of cancer-related symptoms/cancer-treatment-related symptoms including pain, anxiety, and fatigue.
Cowen, Virginia S. +2 more
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This paper summarized the nursing experience of a patient with primary hyperhidrosis treated by the three-step auricular acupoint therapy. The three-step auricular acupoint therapy refers to a combination of auricular massage, auricular scraping therapy,
YUAN Dan (袁丹) +7 more
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The effectiveness of acupuncture in prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting--a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
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Cheong, K, Huang, Y, Zhang, J, Zhang, Z
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Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological Interventions on Symptom Clusters in Cancer Patients: a Network Meta-analysis [PDF]
Background The presence of symptom clusters is associated with poor treatment outcomes and decreased quality of life in patients with cancer, and holistic interventions for symptom clusters can improve the management efficiency.
Congcong HE, Limin MENG, Huizhen LIU, Xiufang GUO, Feifei WANG, Dongmei LIN
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Comparing the effects of acupressure at LI4 and BL32 points on intramuscular injection pain [PDF]
Introduction The effectiveness of some acupressure techniques in relieving the acute pain of intramuscular injection pain has been assessed in previous studies. However, the effects of acupressure at LI4 point have still remained unknown.
Adib-Hajbaghery, M. +3 more
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Self-administered acupressure for symptom management among Chinese family caregivers with caregiver stress: a randomized, wait-list controlled trial [PDF]
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Cheung, ST +9 more
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The outcomes of complementary and alternative medicine use among pregnant and birthing women: Current trends and future directions [PDF]
© 2015 Future Medicine Ltd. Complementary and alternative medicine is used by a substantial number of pregnant women and maternity care providers are often faced with the task of ensuring women are using safe and effective treatments while respecting a ...
Adams, J +3 more
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This paper reviewed the clinical data of a patient with acne vulgaris treated with the three-step auricular acupoint therapy. The operation method of the three-step auricular acupoint therapy, including auricular massage, auricular scraping therapy and ...
ZHOU Yihan (周艺涵) +7 more
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