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{"title":"Exploring Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy for Puberty Menorrhagia: A Case Report.","authors":"Narasimman Prabu, Monicaasun M R, Kanimozhi K, Mahesh Kumar K","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0053","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Puberty menorrhagia, characterized by prolonged and excessive menstrual bleeding between menarche and 19 years of age, presents clinical challenges at adolescents and it is attributed to an immature hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis, leading to sustained high estrogen levels and anovulation. This case report explores the efficacy of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy for pubertal menorrhagia of a 16-year-old female with a history of irregular menstrual cycles and excessive bleeding for 41 days.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) tongue and pulse diagnostics of the patient, acupuncture needling at SP4 (Gongsun), PC 6 (Neiguan), KI 14 (Siman), SP 10 (Xuehai), LR 1 (Dadun), CV 6 (Qihai) was given once in a day for a month, each session lasting 20 min targeting to alleviate Liver blood stasis.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Following 6 days of treatment, bleeding ceased completely, and subsequent ultrasound assessments after a month revealed reductions in uterine, ovarian size, and complete resolution of endometrial thickening. Onset of next menstruation was on time after a month of acupuncture treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These outcomes show acupuncture based on TCM diagnosis has promising effect as an adjunctive therapy for pubertal menorrhagia, regulating the menstrual cycle by improving reproductive health. Further research is warranted to assess the long-term treatment effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"367-370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Origins of Medicine: Guest Editor Roundtable Discussion.","authors":"Jennifer Stone, Peter Dorsher, Barbara de la Torre, Edward Neal","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0162","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"305-311"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659442/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parallels Between Cupping in Traditional Chinese Medicine and <i>Ventosas</i> in Native American Cultures.","authors":"Adonai Paz, Hasan Yasin, Samuel Mathis","doi":"10.1089/acu.2023.0113","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2023.0113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practices such as acupuncture and cupping have been practiced for thousands of years and recently gained more popularity and recognition because of their benefits. However, these practices are not unique to Eastern cultures and countries. The healing practices of folk healers like the <i>sobadores</i> of Indigenous communities in Latin America share striking similarities to their TCM counterparts, although not much literature exists on this topic. An example of this parallelism is the practice of cupping in TCM and Native American (NA) <i>ventosas</i>.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding the background, practices, and perception of folk healers among patients may lead to better outcomes and improve overall patient satisfaction in the management of acute and chronic conditions. This narrative review will analyze the history and practice of TCM cupping and <i>ventosas</i> in NA cultures.</p>","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"330-336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Solving the Mystery of Sir William Osler and Acupuncture: How Knowledge and Prevailing Attitudes Shaped a Physician.","authors":"Barbara de la Torre","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0083","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medical education in North America was shaped by a biomedically bounded framework dating back to the early nineteenth century. Yet, one renowned physician, William Osler (1849-1919), seemed to stand out among his contemporaries by promoting acupuncture as a form of treatment. Some physicians in the early 1970s proposed that Osler was ahead of his time by including acupuncture in his medical textbook, <i>The Principles and Practice of Medicine</i> (1892). Others, however, dismissed this notion based on an alleged biographical account that Osler's only witnessed acupuncture treatment was embarrassingly ineffective.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The question that should garner more attention from the medical acupuncturist is not whether Osler <i>was</i> an acupuncturist. The key question should be: Why was Osler <i>not</i> an acupuncturist? This article explores what may have discouraged William Osler from pursuing and promoting acupuncture as a legitimate system of medicine.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This research includes the analysis of all primary and secondary sources connecting William Osler to acupuncture, including <i>The Principles and Practice of Medicine, The Life of Sir William Osler</i>, <i>The Evolution of Modern Medicine, and Bibliotheca Osleriana</i>. Additional sources, including research by two prominent Osler scholars, letters, bulletins, archives, and film, were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis of all available historical material demonstrates compelling evidence that Osler was not an acupuncturist. Contributing factors included limited access to knowledge, inadequate training, and prevailing attitudes during his lifetime.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Creating a more prominent place for medical acupuncture in healthcare requires deep reflection into the history of what forms a physician's worldview. Understanding what led to Osler's knowledge and attitude toward acupuncture could inspire innovative strategies to encourage more Western physicians to train in East Asian medicine and integrate it into practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"323-329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How You Treat Prostatitis with Acupuncture and/or Chinese Herbs.","authors":"Felipe Abreu Márquez, Doménica Denisse Villacís Ponce","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0161","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0161","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"371-372"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659445/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Anatomical and Physiological Knowledge of the <i>Huangdi Neijing</i> Authors: Why It Matters.","authors":"Peter T Dorsher","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0016","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some prominent contemporary acupuncture pundits have published assertions that when the <i>Huangdi Neijing</i> was written 2000+ years ago, acupuncture clinicians had no knowledge of anatomy and \"limited\" clinical knowledge. Historical records as well as medical literature published over the past hundred years evidence those claims are grossly inaccurate. Those erroneous reports have likely contributed to the negative views of acupuncture that continue to be promulgated in the Western (allopathic) medical literature by prominent academic physicians and researchers: specifically, that acupuncture lacks a proper scientific basis, and that its clinical benefits most likely result from a potent (\"enhanced\") placebo effect. The purpose of this review is to provide an accurate description of the extensive anatomical, physiological, and clinical knowledge of the founders of the acupuncture tradition, as reflected in both historical records and peer-reviewed literature. These data evidence that acupuncture is scientifically based in human anatomy and physiology, and further provide clues to acupuncture's mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"312-322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659438/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<i>Front-mu</i> and <i>Back-shu</i> Acupoint Selection Patterns: Data Mining and Network Analysis.","authors":"In-Seon Lee, Heeyoung Moon, Da-Eun Yoon, Dha-Hyun Choi, Yeonhee Ryu, Younbyoung Chae","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0048","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Combinations of <i>front-mu</i> and <i>back-shu</i> points are widely used to treat internal organ issues in both clinical practice and scientific research. We investigated the selection patterns of <i>front-mu</i> and <i>back-shu</i> points used in clinical trials. We also conducted a network analysis to identify the most common combinations of these acupoints.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on 421 clinical studies, the frequencies of the <i>front-mu</i> and <i>back-shu</i> points were extracted from the Acusynth database. A network analysis was performed to determine the eigenvector centrality, closeness centrality, and betweenness centrality of these acupoint combinations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong><i>Front-mu</i> points were more frequently used with Fu (hollow) organs, whereas <i>back-shu</i> points were more frequently used with Zang (solid) organs. Network analysis revealed that both <i>front-mu</i> and <i>back-shu</i> points were used together and in combination with major acupoints.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We demonstrated the acupoint selection patterns and combinations of <i>front-mu</i> and <i>back-shu</i> points using data mining. These results will aid clinicians in comprehending clinical database-driven <i>front-mu</i> and <i>back-shu</i> point selection patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"359-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interferon Point Alteration in Hospitalized Patients with and Without COVID-19.","authors":"Mehran Rezvani Habibabadi, Mahmoud Saghaei, Ali Ghahramani, Mohammadreza Habibzadeh Siahroadkolaee, Shirin Fattahpour, Sayed Mostafa Hashemi","doi":"10.1089/acu.2023.0095","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2023.0095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Integrating traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine has been extensively studied in managing respiratory disease. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to examine interferon point alteration (IPA) and its association with disease severity in patients with COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 with lung involvement. The control group consisted of patients hospitalized with a diagnosis other than COVID-19. The prevalence of IPA was compared between patients with and without COVID-19. Clinical and laboratory findings were compared in patients with and without IPA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 126 participants, with a mean (SD) age of 57.2 (16.4) years, were included in this study. 54.8% of participants were men. There was a significant difference between patients with and without COVID-19 regarding the frequency of IPA (<i>p</i> = 0.045). No significant differences were observed between variables in patients with and without IPA (<i>p</i> ≥ 0.05). The only variable that could significantly predict the IPA in COVID-19 patients was the severity score of lung involvement in HRCT (OR: 5.32, 95% CI: 1.08-26.05, <i>p</i> = 0.039). IPA showed a sensitivity and specificity of 80.9% and 34.9% in identifying COVID-19 patients, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study found a significant association between IPAs and the severity of lung involvement in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and a significant association of COVID-19 with IPAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"343-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659459/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How You Treat Prostatitis Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with Acupuncture and/or Chinese Herbs.","authors":"Yolanda Maria Garcia, Lilian Kaori Fujita, Augusto César Ferreira Rocha","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0173","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0173","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 6","pages":"372-373"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Herbs, Plants, and Acupuncture: Formidable Therapeutics in 2024 and Beyond.","authors":"Richard C Niemtzow","doi":"10.1089/acu.2024.0147","DOIUrl":"10.1089/acu.2024.0147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45511,"journal":{"name":"Medical Acupuncture","volume":"36 5","pages":"248-249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11683387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}