Fu Needling?

[Guest guest]

Hi ALl,

 

What is " Fu Needling? See:

 

Xia DB, Dong B; Huang Y (2004) Combination of Fu needling with

electric acupuncture for tennis elbow. Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao 24

(11) 1328-9. Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University,

Guangzhou 510282, China. OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical

effect of Fu needling combined with electric acupuncture in treating

tennis elbow. METHOD: One hundred patients with tennis elbow were

divided into 3 groups randomly to receive the treatment with Fu

needling (n=30), treatment with electric acupuncture (n=30), and

treatment with the combination of the above 2 methods (n=40). The

effects were observed 3 weeks after the treatment RESULTS : All three

therapies had good effects , but the combined therapy showed the best

effect on tennis elbow. CONCLUSION: Fu needling combined with

electric acupuncture may produce a higher cur rate of tennis elbow than

either of the therapy used alone.

 

Wang L; Cardini F; Zhao WJ; Regalia AL; Wade C; Forcella E; Yu J

(2004) Vitamin K acupuncture pint injection for severe primary

dysmenorrhea: an international pilot study. MedGenMed ISSN- 1531-

0132; 6(4); PP 45 <cardinif Obs & Gyn Hospital,

Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. CONTEXT:

Vitamin K acupuncture point injection, a menstrual pain treatment

derived from traditional Chinese medicine, has been a standard

treatment in some hospitals in China since the 1980s. OBJECTIVES:

To investigate the effects of vitamin K acupuncture point injection on

menstrual pain in young women aged 14-25 from different countries

and cultural backgrounds who have had unmitigated severe primary

dysmenorrhea for 6 months or more. DESIGN: Prospective,

observational, clinical pilot study SETTINGS: One site in China (a

hospital outpatient clinic in Shanghai) and 2 sites in Italy (a hospital

clinic in Milan and a private gynecology practice in Verona).

INTERVENTIONS: All subjects were treated with bilateral acupuncture

point injection of vitamin K [at Sanyinjiao-SP06] on the first or second

day of menstrual pain. Vitamin K3 was used in China and vitamin K4 in

Italy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pain intensity, total duration, and

average intensity of menstrual distress, hours in bed, normal daily

activity restrictions, and numbers of analgesic tablets taken to relieve

pain were recorded before the treatment and for 4 subsequent

menstrual cycles. RESULTS : Noticeable pain relief was observed 2

minutes after treatment , and subsequent pain reduction occurred at 30

minutes (P < .001). Subjects reported significantly fewer daily life

restrictions, fewer hours in bed, less consumption of analgesic tablets,

and lower scores of menstrual pain duration and intensity (P < .001).

There were no adverse events. Some women experienced mild, self-

limited pain at the injection site. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture point

injection with vitamin K alleviated acute menstrual pain, and relief

extended through the nontreatment follow-up cycles in this uncontrolled

pilot study conducted in 2 countries. Further investigation employing

controlled experimental designs is warranted. For full text, see:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494022

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

 

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02/16/06 01:08:25

Pa-l ; PVA-L

Cc: Chinese Medicine

Fu Needling?

 

Hi ALl,

 

What is " Fu Needling?

 

 

Phil, fu means abdomen. Abdominal needling is a system in which a turtle is

projected on the abdomen, and the limbs of the turtle correspond with the

limbs of the patient. So it can be used for recalcitrant shoulder pain,

tennis elbow etc.

 

Regards,

 

Tom.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I posted this eight or so hours ago but like many posts it just became

part of the ether. Here goes again.

 

Fu is a person " Fu, Zhong-Hua " . He does subcutaneous needling with a

needle like those for I.V's.

 

Kelvin

 

 

 

 

Chinese Medicine , " "

< wrote:

>

> Hi ALl,

>

> What is " Fu Needling? See:

>

> Xia DB, Dong B; Huang Y (2004) Combination of Fu needling with

> electric acupuncture for tennis elbow. Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao 24

> (11) 1328-9. Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University,

> Guangzhou 510282, China. OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical

> effect of Fu needling combined with electric acupuncture in treating

> tennis elbow. METHOD: One hundred patients with tennis elbow were

> divided into 3 groups randomly to receive the treatment with Fu

> needling (n=30), treatment with electric acupuncture (n=30), and

> treatment with the combination of the above 2 methods (n=40). The

> effects were observed 3 weeks after the treatment RESULTS : All three

> therapies had good effects , but the combined therapy showed the best

> effect on tennis elbow. CONCLUSION: Fu needling combined with

> electric acupuncture may produce a higher cur rate of tennis elbow than

> either of the therapy used alone.

>

> Wang L; Cardini F; Zhao WJ; Regalia AL; Wade C; Forcella E; Yu J

> (2004) Vitamin K acupuncture pint injection for severe primary

> dysmenorrhea: an international pilot study. MedGenMed ISSN- 1531-

> 0132; 6(4); PP 45 <cardinif Obs & Gyn Hospital,

> Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. CONTEXT:

> Vitamin K acupuncture point injection, a menstrual pain treatment

> derived from traditional Chinese medicine, has been a standard

> treatment in some hospitals in China since the 1980s. OBJECTIVES:

> To investigate the effects of vitamin K acupuncture point injection on

> menstrual pain in young women aged 14-25 from different countries

> and cultural backgrounds who have had unmitigated severe primary

> dysmenorrhea for 6 months or more. DESIGN: Prospective,

> observational, clinical pilot study SETTINGS: One site in China (a

> hospital outpatient clinic in Shanghai) and 2 sites in Italy (a

hospital

> clinic in Milan and a private gynecology practice in Verona).

> INTERVENTIONS: All subjects were treated with bilateral acupuncture

> point injection of vitamin K [at Sanyinjiao-SP06] on the first or

second

> day of menstrual pain. Vitamin K3 was used in China and vitamin K4 in

> Italy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pain intensity, total duration, and

> average intensity of menstrual distress, hours in bed, normal daily

> activity restrictions, and numbers of analgesic tablets taken to

relieve

> pain were recorded before the treatment and for 4 subsequent

> menstrual cycles. RESULTS : Noticeable pain relief was observed 2

> minutes after treatment , and subsequent pain reduction occurred at 30

> minutes (P < .001). Subjects reported significantly fewer daily life

> restrictions, fewer hours in bed, less consumption of analgesic

tablets,

> and lower scores of menstrual pain duration and intensity (P < .001).

> There were no adverse events. Some women experienced mild, self-

> limited pain at the injection site. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture point

> injection with vitamin K alleviated acute menstrual pain, and relief

> extended through the nontreatment follow-up cycles in this uncontrolled

> pilot study conducted in 2 countries. Further investigation employing

> controlled experimental designs is warranted. For full text, see:

> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494022

>

> Best regards,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kelvin & Tom,

 

I asked:

> What is " Fu Needling?

 

Tom replied:

> Phil, Fu means abdomen. Abdominal needling is a system in which a

> turtle is projected on the abdomen, and the limbs of the turtle

> correspond with the limbs of the patient. So it can be used for

> recalcitrant shoulder pain, tennis elbow etc. Regards, Tom.

 

Tom, is there an online picture of the tutrle image on the abdomen?

 

I found one reference to abdominal needling at Blue Poppy

http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/journal/issues/articles/jul05/jul05_ezin

e_obesity.cfm

" Abdominal Needling & TDP Lamp in the Treatment of Simple Obesity "

abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA)

However, I think that the points had nothing to do with the turtle-

projection method.

 

I think that Kelvin hit the jackpot on the form of Fu Needling referred to

in the tennis elbow article.

 

Kelvin replied:

> Re: " Fu neeedling " , Fu is a person " Fu, Zhong-Hua " . He does

> subcutaneous needling with a needle like those for I.V's. Kelvin

 

Kelvin, many thanks. A Google search for Zhong-Hua-Fu gave the

following address: Zhong-Hua FU <joefu2008

 

and:

 

Tsung-Kuei Kao, Zhong-Hua Fu, Yung-Hsien Chang: Floating

acupuncture. Journal of Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture,

2002, 60-67.

 

A Google search for " floating-acupuncture " gave the following:

 

Huang, y, Fu, Z-H, Xia, D-B, Wu, RK. Introduction to floating

acupuncture: clinical study on the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.

Amer J Acup. 26 (1):27-32,1998. Floating acupuncture was devised by

Dr. Zhonghua Fu, based on wrist-ankle acupuncture. The tender Ashi

point in each zone must be found exactly, at or just distal to the

epicondyle. A study was done with 48 patients treated this way

compared to 45 with routine acupuncture. The patients had " tennis

elbow " (lateral epicondylitis). The Ashi was located, and a point distal to

it by 5-8 cm., where a 5cm needle is shallowly inserted and directed

toward the Ashi point (if 2 points, do the same for both). The needle lies

flat on the skin surface if correctly placed. There is no manipulation and

it is taped in place for 1-2 days. For routine acupuncture, SJ (TH) 5, LI

11, and SI09 were used for electroacupuncture. Of the floating

acupuncture group, 8 1 % had complete relief and 10% " marked " within

3 days after a single treatment vs 22% and 3 3 % for the control.

Comment: The authors state they have found, in contradistinction to

another report, that retained needles can elevate pain threshold in

animals and humans. The reported relief is short term (20 days

followup), randomization appeared very thorough, and the rate of relief

after one treatment is impressive. How much medical-legal distress

would be caused by leaving a 5 cm needle subcutaneously for one to

two days in the USA?

 

Floating AP in ankle sprain (s/c needles advanced 40mm s/c towards

ahshi points near ankle and taped in situ for 1 day) is described at

http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/content/Library/pdf/sports_bp11.pdf

but the file is locked (I could not copy it to edit it).

 

Best regards,

 

HOME + WORK: 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland

Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0)

<

 

 

 

" Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt man doing it " -

Chinese Proverb

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Kelvin & Tom,

 

I asked:

> What is " Fu Needling?

 

Tom replied:

> Phil, Fu means abdomen. Abdominal needling is a system in which a

> turtle is projected on the abdomen, and the limbs of the turtle

> correspond with the limbs of the patient. So it can be used for

> recalcitrant shoulder pain, tennis elbow etc. Regards, Tom.

 

Tom, is there an online picture of the tutrle image on the abdomen?

 

I found one reference to abdominal needling at Blue Poppy

http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/journal/issues/articles/jul05/jul05_ezin

e_obesity.cfm

" Abdominal Needling & TDP Lamp in the Treatment of Simple Obesity "

abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA)

However, I think that the points had nothing to do with the turtle-

projection method.

 

I think that Kelvin hit the jackpot on the form of Fu Needling referred to

in the tennis elbow article.

 

Kelvin replied:

> Re: " Fu neeedling " , Fu is a person " Fu, Zhong-Hua " . He does

> subcutaneous needling with a needle like those for I.V's. Kelvin

 

Kelvin, many thanks. A Google search for Zhong-Hua-Fu gave the

following address: Zhong-Hua FU <joefu2008

 

and:

 

Tsung-Kuei Kao, Zhong-Hua Fu, Yung-Hsien Chang: Floating

acupuncture. Journal of Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture,

2002, 60-67.

 

A Google search for " floating-acupuncture " gave the following:

 

Huang, y, Fu, Z-H, Xia, D-B, Wu, RK. Introduction to floating

acupuncture: clinical study on the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.

Amer J Acup. 26 (1):27-32,1998. Floating acupuncture was devised by

Dr. Zhonghua Fu, based on wrist-ankle acupuncture. The tender Ashi

point in each zone must be found exactly, at or just distal to the

epicondyle. A study was done with 48 patients treated this way

compared to 45 with routine acupuncture. The patients had " tennis

elbow " (lateral epicondylitis). The Ashi was located, and a point distal to

it by 5-8 cm., where a 5cm needle is shallowly inserted and directed

toward the Ashi point (if 2 points, do the same for both). The needle lies

flat on the skin surface if correctly placed. There is no manipulation and

it is taped in place for 1-2 days. For routine acupuncture, SJ (TH) 5, LI

11, and SI09 were used for electroacupuncture. Of the floating

acupuncture group, 8 1 % had complete relief and 10% " marked " within

3 days after a single treatment vs 22% and 3 3 % for the control.

Comment: The authors state they have found, in contradistinction to

another report, that retained needles can elevate pain threshold in

animals and humans. The reported relief is short term (20 days

followup), randomization appeared very thorough, and the rate of relief

after one treatment is impressive. How much medical-legal distress

would be caused by leaving a 5 cm needle subcutaneously for one to

two days in the USA?

 

Floating AP in ankle sprain (s/c needles advanced 40mm s/c towards

ahshi points near ankle and taped in situ for 1 day) is described at

http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/content/Library/pdf/sports_bp11.pdf

but the file is locked (I could not copy it to edit it).

 

Best regards,

 

HOME + WORK: 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland

Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0)

<

 

 

 

" Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt man doing it " -

Chinese Proverb

 

 

 

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An online picture of the turtle on the abdomen can be found at:

 

http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/online/dalbertokim.html

 

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Re: Re: Fu Needling?

 

 

 

Hi Kelvin & Tom,

 

I asked:

> What is " Fu Needling?

 

Tom replied:

> Phil, Fu means abdomen. Abdominal needling is a system in which a

> turtle is projected on the abdomen, and the limbs of the turtle

> correspond with the limbs of the patient. So it can be used for

> recalcitrant shoulder pain, tennis elbow etc. Regards, Tom.

 

Tom, is there an online picture of the tutrle image on the abdomen?

 

I found one reference to abdominal needling at Blue Poppy

http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/journal/issues/articles/jul05/jul05_ezin

e_obesity.cfm

" Abdominal Needling & TDP Lamp in the Treatment of Simple Obesity "

abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA)

However, I think that the points had nothing to do with the turtle-

projection method.

 

I think that Kelvin hit the jackpot on the form of Fu Needling referred to

in the tennis elbow article.

 

Kelvin replied:

> Re: " Fu neeedling " , Fu is a person " Fu, Zhong-Hua " . He does

> subcutaneous needling with a needle like those for I.V's. Kelvin

 

Kelvin, many thanks. A Google search for Zhong-Hua-Fu gave the

following address: Zhong-Hua FU <joefu2008

 

and:

 

Tsung-Kuei Kao, Zhong-Hua Fu, Yung-Hsien Chang: Floating

acupuncture. Journal of Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture,

2002, 60-67.

 

A Google search for " floating-acupuncture " gave the following:

 

Huang, y, Fu, Z-H, Xia, D-B, Wu, RK. Introduction to floating

acupuncture: clinical study on the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.

Amer J Acup. 26 (1):27-32,1998. Floating acupuncture was devised by

Dr. Zhonghua Fu, based on wrist-ankle acupuncture. The tender Ashi

point in each zone must be found exactly, at or just distal to the

epicondyle. A study was done with 48 patients treated this way

compared to 45 with routine acupuncture. The patients had " tennis

elbow " (lateral epicondylitis). The Ashi was located, and a point distal to

it by 5-8 cm., where a 5cm needle is shallowly inserted and directed

toward the Ashi point (if 2 points, do the same for both). The needle lies

flat on the skin surface if correctly placed. There is no manipulation and

it is taped in place for 1-2 days. For routine acupuncture, SJ (TH) 5, LI

11, and SI09 were used for electroacupuncture. Of the floating

acupuncture group, 8 1 % had complete relief and 10% " marked " within

3 days after a single treatment vs 22% and 3 3 % for the control.

Comment: The authors state they have found, in contradistinction to

another report, that retained needles can elevate pain threshold in

animals and humans. The reported relief is short term (20 days

followup), randomization appeared very thorough, and the rate of relief

after one treatment is impressive. How much medical-legal distress

would be caused by leaving a 5 cm needle subcutaneously for one to

two days in the USA?

 

Floating AP in ankle sprain (s/c needles advanced 40mm s/c towards

ahshi points near ankle and taped in situ for 1 day) is described at

http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/content/Library/pdf/sports_bp11.pdf

but the file is locked (I could not copy it to edit it).

 

Best regards,

 

HOME + WORK: 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland

Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0)

<

 

 

 

" Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt man doing it " -

Chinese Proverb