Acupuncture Abstracts

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Zou R, Zhang HX, Zhang TF. Comparative study on treatment of acute

gouty arthritis by electroacupuncture with different frequency. Chin J

Integr Med. 2006 Sep;12(3):212-4. Department of Acupuncture, Wuhan

Municipal Hospital of Integrative Medicine, Wuhan (430022). E-mail:

zrr520xyxy. OBJECTIVE: To study the therapeutic

effect of treatment of acute gouty arthritis (AGA) respectively by

electroacupuncture (EA) with different frequency and oral intake of

Western medicine. METHODS: Seventy-two patients of AGA were

randomly assigned into three groups, 24 in each group. Group A was

treated with EA 100 Hz; Group B with EA 2 Hz; and Group C with

Western medicine. The analgesic effect, initiating time and sustaining

time of analgesia were observed and the level of serum uric acid was

measured before and after treatment. RESULTS: The initiating time of

analgesia was shorter while the sustaining time of analgesia was longer

in Group A and B than those in Group C (all P < 0.01). The efficacy of

analgesia was higher in Group B than that in Group A, and a better

effect was shown in Group B in reducing serum uric acid level than that

in Group A (P < 0.01), which was near that in Group C (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSION: EA is an effective treatment for AGA, and low

frequency (2 Hz) EA showed a better efficacy. PMID: 17005084

[PubMed - in process]

 

White P. A background to acupuncture and its use in chronic painful

musculoskeletal conditions. J R Soc Health. 2006 Sep;126(5):219-27.

School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of

Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ. pjw1

This article gives a brief description of the origins of acupuncture and

describes some of the underlying philosophy behind this treatment and

attempts to place it in context of the traditional Chinese medicine genre

within which acupuncture is set. The article then explains the difference

between traditional and Western style acupuncture and explains how

point selection is made. The use of acupuncture is steadily increasing

for a variety of reasons, it is a very safe intervention particularly when

compared to conventional treatment and its lack of serious side effects

might in part account for some of its popularity. The science behind

acupuncture is also explored in terms of its underlying mechanisms and

includes pain gate, endogenous opioids, diffuse noxious inhibitory

control, serotonin and bioelectricity as possible explanations. The

efficacy of acupuncture for a range of chronic musculoskeletal

conditions is then explored and it is concluded that acupuncture has a

place in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain and in particular

osteo-arthritis (OA). Where degenerative conditions are involved,

acupuncture clearly cannot provide a 'cure' but can provide

symptomatic relief, often over a prolonged period. PMID: 17004405

[PubMed - in process]

 

 

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