Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) is in the initial planning stages of a response to the war in Ukraine. As of this writing, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, fleeing to countries such as Poland, Hungary, Romania and others. AWB is working with people on the ground in these places to develop a plan to offer integrative trauma healing services to those in need.
https://acuwithoutborders.org/ukraine/
#acupuncture #ukraine #AWB
It is worth remembering that acupuncture still is one of the best studied therapies, and that is has a lot of scientific evidence behind it. Contrary to the ill informed opinion that is so often touted as truth, the data is clear.
#acupuncture #evidence #cochrane #science #research #chiropractic #physiotherapy #nursingcare
Cupping is one of the auxiliary techniques that we use. Scientific research is not only done into acupuncture, but also into techniques like cupping. This is an MRI image of a suction cup applied to the skin, showing how muscle and fascia is pulled up and stretched by the cup.
#acupuncture #tcm #cupping #mri #alternativemedicine
Many thanks to Claudia Citkovitz for inviting me for an interview on November 29th, about the body, politics acupuncture, research, sociocracy and whatever comes to table. đ
We hope to explore many topics that are not only interesting to acupuncturists, but also to a wider public. The conversations I have had with Claudia have always been great, so I hope that many people will join in. The interview is kindly facilitated by Sharon Weisenbaum, who runs the White Pine Circle study group for TCM practitioners.
Reserve your seat for only $4, and find out more here:
A cure for chronic fatigue syndrome? No. But a study showed that moxibustion relieves chronic fatigue syndrome, which is already very good for this crippling condition.
Conclusions: Based on limited evidence, moxibustion might be an effective and safe complementary therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, which can be recommended to manage chronic fatigue syndrome. Because of the limited level of evidence in this review, further high-quality trials are still needed to confirm these findings.
https://www.acupuncturetimes.com/moxibustion-relieves-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8601810/
#acupuncture #moxibustion #moxa #cvs #me #chronicfatigue #treatment #tcm #chronicfatiguesyndrome #alternativemedicine
The "Tiger Warmer" is a very useful tool to use at home. In essence, it is an incense holder, that is used to heat areas on the body. My friend David Euler shows how it can be used in children and adults to treat upper respiratory problems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CooSwif9bQ4
#upperrespiratoryproblems #acupuncture #tigerthermy #tigerwarmer #cold #adults #children #flue #davideuler #moxibustion
Many thanks to Claudia Citkovitz for inviting me for an interview on November 29th, about the body, politics acupuncture, research, sociocracy and whatever comes to table. ;-)
We hope to explore many topics that are not only interesting to acupuncturists, but also to a wider public. The conversations I have had with Claudia have always been great, so I hope that many people will join in. The interview is kindly facilitated by Sharon Weisenbaum, who runs the White Pine Circle study group for TCM practitioners.
Reserve your seat for only $4, and find out more here:
https://bit.ly/3n7Ymgl
#acupuncture #sociocracy #research #claudiacitkovitz #johnjaarsveld #interview #whitepinecircle
Now on #NATURE Podcast: How electric #acupuncture zaps #inflammation in #mice.
The neurons behind acupunctureâs effect on inflammation, and how #antibiotics affect gut bacteria.
The Journal of Global Health Reports has published a study facilitated by the Acupuncture Relief Project (1). The article, titled "Non-communicable disease risk factors and prevalence within Thaha, Makwanpur, Nepal" (2) was a major undertaking the organisation and is hoped to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of health issues in Nepal. Its baseline data will be utilised to guide the development of more efficacious healthcare programs, services, and facilities in the Thaha municipality, in addition to providing an adaptive assessment of their efficacy over time.
Cheers to acupuncturists who work hard and contribute to their communities, everywhere!
(1) https://acupuncturereliefproject.org/
(2) https://www.joghr.org/article/22244-non-communicable-disease-risk-factors-and-prevalence-within-thaha-makwanpur-nepal-a-cross-sectional-study
#acupuncture #nepal #thaha # noncommunicable #diseases #healthcare #acupuncturereliefproject
Moxibustion Application for COVID Patients Rehabilitation
Fire Dragon 10-10-21
Pulmonary fibrosis will become one of the complications of COVID patients. It is clinically observed that most patients have different degrees of post-inflammatory pulmonary fibrosis when discharged from the hospital. The post-inflammatory pulmonary fibrosis of severely ill patients is particularly significant. Therefore, the rehabilitation of discharged patients need to be paid attention to by medical practitioners.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) believes that yang deficiency is closely related to pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, and proposes that the essence of the disease is a mixture of deficiency and excessive, yang deficiency and coldness are the root cause, phlegm stagnation and blood stasis as its initial manifestations.
The novel coronavirus pneumonia is classified under "dampness with cold condensation" in TCM. Cold and dampness are considered as pathogens of yin, which can easily damage the yang energy. Considering that the disease location is mainly in the lungs, then if the yang energy of the lungs is weak, the vitality of the lungs will become impaired, and will lead to disease formation, from deficiency can lead to excessiveness, then the transforming function of yang energy will become deficit. The Qi becomes inadequate to perform its function in distributing the body fluids efficiently. Body fluids then start to accumulate and become congested into turbid phlegm. The more it will hinder the yang energy movement with cold condensation, leading to abnormal flow which will cause blood stasis. Actually, we can see here, itâs from deficiency leading to excessive condition. Yet in this situation, it will aggravate much further, considering the turbid phlegm and blood stasis are known to be as yin pathogens, it will then further damage human yang energy with cold coagulation. Such lingering and reciprocating condition will make the disease difficult to heal.
The pathogenesis of novel coronavirus pneumonia is complicated, and the treatment objectives must be targeted on the elimination of symptoms and treating at its root causes. The strategy must be the warming method to replenish its yang energy as its main objective, at the same time to eliminate the phlegm and promoting blood circulation for yang deficiency with cold coagulation are the root cause of this disease, as the saying: âneed to replenish when there is deficiency and apply warming method to treat coldness.â What is important and the main point here is not just applying heat to induce energy for dispersing coldness, but also heat application is suggested to treat phlegm turbidity and blood stasis. Therefore, the warming method is selected and moxibustion application is the best and first choice for the treatment of this disease.
During this plague or pandemic, moxibustion gives promising results, especially in the treatment of post covid symptoms for those patients during recovery period. Moxibustion can play a more important role in the fight against "pulmonary disease". Moxibustion can warmth and stimulate the acupuncture points, which has the functions of warming yang energy to dispel coldness, clearing the meridians to promote blood circulation, strengthening and escalating yang to save life from depletion, and for detoxification. Furthermore, advanced modern research has concluded application of moxibustion obviously will improve and has shown immunoregulatory effects. Recommended acupoints are: Dazhui (DU14), Gaohuangshu (UB43), Zusanli (ST36), etc.
#moxibustion #traditiionalchinesemedicine #pandemic #acupuncture #tcm #china #treatment #covid19 #corona
People with #Parkinsonâs #disease who combine standard medication with various types of #acupuncture treatments may see improvements in their motor function and quality of life, a review study from #China suggests.
However, its researchers noted that additional #clinical #trials are necessary to validate these findings.
The study, âAcupuncture-Related Therapies for Parkinsonâs Disease: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Review,â was published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2021.676827/full
The scientists who discovered a set of specialized receptors for temperature and pressure have just won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
These receptors, TRPV1 and TRPV8 in particular, are shown to be central to mediating acupuncture's effects at the cellular level. The more modern science learns about how the body works, the more it learns about how acupuncture works.
Thank you, Mel Hopper Koppelman
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/960193?uac=230533AR&faf=1&sso=true&impID=3686370&src=wnl_newsalrt_211004_MSCPEDIT
#nobelprize #acupuncture@ receptor #pain
