Commonality and Specificity of Acupuncture Point Selections. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2020 Objective. Because individual acupoints have a wide variety of indications, it is difficult to accurately identify the associations between acupoints and specific diseases. Thus, the present study aimed at revealing the commonality and specificity of acupoint selections using virtual medical diagnoses based on several cases. Methods.
Lee YS +6 more
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Mechanical Stimulation of the HT7 Acupuncture Point to Reduce Ethanol Self-Administration in Rats. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2017 Background Alcoholism, which is a disabling addiction disorder, is a major public health problem worldwide. The present study was designed to determine whether the application of acupuncture at the Shenmen (HT7) point suppresses voluntary alcohol ...
Kang SY +7 more
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Diversity of Acupuncture Point Selections According to the Acupuncture Styles and Their Relations to Theoretical Elements in Traditional Asian Medicine: A Data-Mining-Based Literature Study. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2021 Acupuncture point (AP) selections can vary depending on clinicians’ acupuncture style, and therefore, acupuncture style is an important factor in determining the efficacy of acupuncture treatment.
Jang DY +7 more
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Therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture point stimulation for stomach cancer pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Front NeurolPurpose In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has received widespread attention in the field of cancer pain treatment. This meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture point stimulation in the treatment of ...
Zhou X +9 more
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Point specificity in acupuncture [PDF]
Chinese Medicine, 2012 The existence of point specificity in acupuncture is controversial, because many acupuncture studies using this principle to select control points have found that sham acupoints have similar effects to those of verum acupoints.
Choi Emma M +2 more
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Acupuncture at ST36 Point: A Literature Review in Animal Studies [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 So far, a number of acupuncture studies have shown anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture treatment, mostly known at specific point ST36. However, there is no literature that oversaw the inflammation-regulatory effects of acupuncture in each tissue ...
Jieun Oh, Seung‐Nam Kim
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Biopotential changes of acupuncture points by acupuncture stimulation
Integrative Medicine Research, 2022 Background: The energy flow at acupuncture point is important for understanding the mechanism of acupuncture treatment. However, there are few studies on energy at acupuncture point, and related studies have limitation in explaining the energy flow in ...
Seong Jin Cho +6 more
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Acupuncture Point "Hegu" (LI4) Is Close to the Vascular Branch from the Superficial Branch of the Radial Nerve. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019 The acupuncture point “Hegu” (LI4) has been used for treating peripheral circulatory failure, which is located in the area covered by the superficial branch of the radial nerve (SBRN). SBRN has branches reaching arteries, so-called vascular branches (VBs)
Umemoto K +8 more
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Effects and mechanism of action of transcutaneous electrical acupuncture point stimulation in patients with abnormal semen parameters [PDF]
Acupuncture in Medicine, 2019 Objective: To evaluate the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupuncture point stimulation (TEAS) on sperm parameters and the underlying molecular mechanisms.
Yan Yu +8 more
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Unilateral electrical stimulation of the heart 7 acupuncture point to prevent emergence agitation in children: A prospective, double-blinded, randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Background Emergence agitation (EA) is a frequent phenomenon in children recovering from general anaesthesia and increases the risk of self-injury. Previously, our group reported that stimulating the heart 7 (HT7) acupuncture point bilaterally using two ...
Nakamura N +4 more
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