Acupuncture Modernization of Ancient Wisdom Comparison of East & West ❂ Empirical Observations over Thousands of Years ❂ Scientific Method & Case-Based Medicine East West ❂ Art of Medicine ❂ Holistic View ❂ Circular Logic ❂ Energetic ❂ Technology of Medicine ❂ Molecular and Organ View ❂ Linear Logic ❂ Mechanistic What is Acupuncture? ❂ Acus meaning needle ❂ Pungare meaing to pierce ❂ Zhenjiu meaning needle (zhen) and moxibustion (jiu) ❂ Manipulating body balance through regulating flow of QiWhat Scientific Evidence Exists? ❂ Total Medline Cites for Acupuncture to Date Represents 7107 Publications ❂ 62 Double-Blind Studies 0 100 200 300 400 19 66 19 69 19 72 19 75 19 78 19 81 19 84 19 87 19 90 19 93 19 96 19 99 Animal Acupuncture Studies ❂ Represent 1/10th of all Cites ❂ Parallel Human Acupuncture Studies in Frequency ❂ No Double-Blind Studies 0 500 1000 1500 2000 1966- 70 1971- 75 1976- 80 1981- 85 1986- 90 1991- 95 1996- 2000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 NIH ‘97 Consensus on AP ❂ Effective for Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Pain ❂ Effective for many GI Problems IBD, diarrhea, ulcerative colitis, peptic ulcers, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting ❂ Effective for Pulmonary disease asthma, colds NIH ‘97 Consensus on AP ❂ Effective for Immunomodulation reduces inflammation, elevates WBC, ↑ interleukin-2 production ❂ Effective for Reproductive Disorders ↓ uterine bleeding, ovulation How Does AP Work? ❂ The physiologic effects of acupuncture therapy cannot be explained by a single mechanism, but rather a series of interactions among the Nervous System Endocrine System Immune System AP Events ❂ Simple in concept, complex in action ❂ Starts from...
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