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Effect of self-administered auricular acupressure on smoking cessation --a pilot study
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012 Background Tobacco smoking is still a worldwide health risk. Current pharmacotherapies have at best, a success rate of no more than 50%. Auricular (ear) acupressure has been purported to be beneficial in achieving smoking cessation in some studies, while
Leung Lawrence +2 more
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中西医结合护理, 2021 This paper summarized the nursing care of a patient with hypertensive headache treated with a trilogy of auricular therapy. The trilogy of auricular therapy consisted of three steps of treatment: auricular acupressure, bloodletting at the ear tip and ...
LI Yuye (李玉叶) +6 more
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A Literature Review of Randomized Controlled Trials on Tobacco Cessation Using Auricular Acupuncture and Auricular Acupressure [PDF]
Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2022 This study aimed to analyze auricular acupressure and auricular acupuncture used in smoking cessation research by analyzing published randomized controlled trials. Eight databases (PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, CNKI, CiNII, KMbase, KISS, OASIS) were searched
Min-Gi Jo +12 more
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Effect of the Auricular Acupressure Therapy on Dysmenorrhea of Puberty Girls
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2010 The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of auricular acupressure therapy on dysmenorrhea of puberty girls.This study was a pretest-posttest design with a nonequivalent control group. The subjects of this study were 61 girls who were middle and high school students in Seoul and the experiencing dysmenorrhea; 31 for the experimental group ...
So Young, Kim, Hyang Yeon, Lee
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Auricular Acupressure in Patients with Hypertension and Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis [PDF]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2020 Objective. The efficacy of auricular acupressure in patients with hypertension and insomnia is controversial. This systematic review aims to explore the effectiveness of auricular acupressure in reducing blood pressure and improving sleep in this population. Methods.
Zhi-Hui Zhao +5 more
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中西医结合护理, 2021 This paper summarized the nursing experience of a patient who received auricular acupressure combined with finger exercise in the treatment of pain after transradial coronary angiography.
DOU Jinjie (窦金杰) +6 more
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Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Obesity in Women with Abdominal Obesity
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2016 The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure on reducing obesity in adult women with abdominal obesity.The study design was a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Participants were 58 women, aged 20 years or older, assigned to the experimental group (n=30) or control group (n=28).
Hyun Su, Cha, Hyojung, Park
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Nurse-Administered Auricular Point Acupressure for Cancer-Related Pain
Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2023 Purpose: The study aimed to (1) examine the feasibility of providing a training course on auricular point acupressure (APA) for clinical oncology nurses to integrate APA into real-world nursing care settings, and (2) examine the effectiveness of APA on cancer-related pain (CRP) under usual inpatient oncology ...
Barb Van de Castle +8 more
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Auricular acupressure for overweight and obese individuals
Medicine, 2019 Abstract Background: Auricular acupressure has been used for treating obesity, but inconsistent outcomes have been reported. Moreover, systematic reviews and meta-analyses have seldom addressed the effects of auricular acupressure and duration of treatment in overweight/obese individuals.
Huang, Ching-Feng +2 more
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Auricular Acupressure for Analgesia in Perioperative Period of Total Knee Arthroplasty [PDF]
Pain Medicine, 2013 We examined whether auricular acupressure (AA) can alleviate postoperative pain and decrease narcotic consumption and its adverse effects for osteoarthritis patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).A prospective, randomized, sham control trial comparing AA and a sham control.Department of Orthopedics, the first Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang ...
Bang Jian, He +4 more
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