AP in HYPERTENSION Poll - 6 separate questions [6 Polls]

[Guest guest]

Dear Colleagues

 

Attilio, I and others are preparing a detailed response to the Kaplan

Report on AP in hypertension.

 

We need feedback ASAP from colleagues who use

ACUPUNCTURE to treat patients with hypertension.

 

We have posted SIX questions relating to AP in hypertension to the

Poll section of the List. Please VOTE ASAP. I you have voted

before, you may change your vote until the poll closes.

 

Because the servers do not allow more than 1 question per

poll, we had to set up SIX separate polls, headed:

ACUPUNCTURE in HYPERTENSION Poll (1) to Poll (6).

 

Please answer ALL polls (1) to (6) ONLY if YOU use

ACUPUNCTURE routinely when treating hypertension.

 

HYPERTENSION is defined as a resting blood pressure (BP, in

mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least TWICE before acupuncture

treatment was given.

 

The URLs to allow you to cast your votes are below:

 

QUESTION 1: It is YOUR professional experience that, in the

absence of western drug- or herbal- antihypertensive medication,

ACUPUNCTURE + lifestyle changes alone can normalise BP in 80

to 100% of hypertensive patients?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5o4q6

 

 

QUESTION 2: In the PAST YEAR, in how many hypertensive

patients have you used acupuncture as the only, or main,

treatment to normalise their blood pressure?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/63fx9

 

QUESTION 3: In what PERCENTAGE of hypertensive patients

treated in the PAST YEAR did acupuncture succeed in normalising

blood pressure, i.e., reduce it to SBP <136 and DBP <91 mm Hg,

respectively?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5kycr

 

QUESTION 4: Approximately how many sessions of acupuncture

were needed to normalise BP?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5gdxv

 

QUESTION 5: What was the average interval (in WEEKS) from the

start of acupuncture until BP normalised?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/593a6

 

QUESTION 6: Once BP has normalised, about how many

acupuncture SESSIONS per YEAR are needed to MAINTAIN BP in

the normal range (give your estimated average number)?

TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/4xny5

 

NOTE: Please do NOT reply to this message. Poll votes are NOT

collected via email. To vote, you must go to the URLs listed above.

 

Some of you have voted on Q1 (or other questions) already, but

have not voted on ALL questions. Please do so ASAP.

 

Many thanks!

Phil

 

PS: The same poll is running now on CHA, PA-L and TCM. If you

are a member of more than one of those lists, please answer the

poll on only ONE list

[Guest guest]

Phil:

 

I answered the questions, but just want you to know I haven't treated

anyone specifically for blood pressure issues. They come to me, I treat

them constitutionally, mixed with symptomatic treatments for pain, etc.

Anyway, in almost all cases where people were hypertensive, they go back

to their doctors and they say their blood pressure is lower, or not

going going up. In some cases doctors were watching them (labile BP)

and BP came down and no meds were prescribed. So, the questions are

not really suited for how I practice, but I did answer them.

 

wrote:

 

> Dear Colleagues

>

> Attilio, I and others are preparing a detailed response to the Kaplan

> Report on AP in hypertension.

>

> We need feedback ASAP from colleagues who use

> ACUPUNCTURE to treat patients with hypertension.

>

> We have posted SIX questions relating to AP in hypertension to the

> Poll section of the List. Please VOTE ASAP. I you have voted

> before, you may change your vote until the poll closes.

>

> Because the servers do not allow more than 1 question per

> poll, we had to set up SIX separate polls, headed:

> ACUPUNCTURE in HYPERTENSION Poll (1) to Poll (6).

>

> Please answer ALL polls (1) to (6) ONLY if YOU use

> ACUPUNCTURE routinely when treating hypertension.

>

> HYPERTENSION is defined as a resting blood pressure (BP, in

> mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

> respectively, confirmed at least TWICE before acupuncture

> treatment was given.

>

> The URLs to allow you to cast your votes are below:

>

> QUESTION 1: It is YOUR professional experience that, in the

> absence of western drug- or herbal- antihypertensive medication,

> ACUPUNCTURE + lifestyle changes alone can normalise BP in 80

> to 100% of hypertensive patients?

> TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5o4q6

>

>

> QUESTION 2: In the PAST YEAR, in how many hypertensive

> patients have you used acupuncture as the only, or main,

> treatment to normalise their blood pressure?

> TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/63fx9

>

> QUESTION 3: In what PERCENTAGE of hypertensive patients

> treated in the PAST YEAR did acupuncture succeed in normalising

> blood pressure, i.e., reduce it to SBP <136 and DBP <91 mm Hg,

> respectively?

> TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5kycr

>

> QUESTION 4: Approximately how many sessions of acupuncture

> were needed to normalise BP?

> TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/5gdxv

>

> QUESTION 5: What was the average interval (in WEEKS) from the

> start of acupuncture until BP normalised?

> TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/593a6

>

> QUESTION 6: Once BP has normalised, about how many

> acupuncture SESSIONS per YEAR are needed to MAINTAIN BP in

> the normal range (give your estimated average number)?

> TCMers VOTE at: http://tinyurl.com/4xny5

>

> NOTE: Please do NOT reply to this message. Poll votes are NOT

> collected via email. To vote, you must go to the URLs listed above.

>

> Some of you have voted on Q1 (or other questions) already, but

> have not voted on ALL questions. Please do so ASAP.

>

> Many thanks!

> Phil

>

> PS: The same poll is running now on CHA, PA-L and TCM. If you

> are a member of more than one of those lists, please answer the

> poll on only ONE list

[Guest guest]

Hi Anne

 

Many thanks. IMO, your answer is typical. Few people go to an

acupuncturist to be treated for hypertension per se. However, many

acupuncturists treat people in whom hypertension is a concurrent

symptom, which AP helps as a side effect of treating the person.

 

Phil

 

 

> Phil: I answered the questions, but just want you to know I haven't

> treated anyone specifically for blood pressure issues. They come to

> me, I treat them constitutionally, mixed with symptomatic treatments

> for pain, etc. Anyway, in almost all cases where people were

> hypertensive, they go back to their doctors and they say their blood

> pressure is lower, or not going going up. In some cases doctors were

> watching them (labile BP) and BP came down and no meds were

> prescribed. So, the questions are not really suited for how I

> practice, but I did answer them.

 

Best regards,

 

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