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Discussion Forum

Discussion Forum is intended to provide access to the most relevant publications on acupuncture and integrative medicine, and to present an opportunity for reporting current research on Acupuncture and associated fields, and to serve as a medium for open interaction and exchange of opinions that represent various scientific paradigms and theoretical concepts.

  CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Research: Trends and Challenges

Eastern Medical Tradition: Historical, Philosophical and Cultural aspects

Mechanisms of acupuncture & theoretical concepts

Scientific basis for Acupuncture

Laser Acupuncture

Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis

Health care: modes of integration

 
  CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Research: Trends and Challenges Back to Top
 
  Gustaf Landgren's Treatise on acupuncture academic thesis for the degree of Medicinae Doctor at Uppsala university, 16th May 1829. Agren H. Trans. (1997) Comparative Medicine East and West. 5(3-4): 199-210

Acupuncture: Medicine of the Fourth Kind.by Alex Tatevian, DA; Southern New England Health Care Review; 2000; Vol. 10, Issue 3.

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement. November 3-5, 1997

Acupuncture And Evidence-Based Medicine: A Philosophical Critique. By Michael T. Greenwood, MD (MB)

 
  Eastern Medical Tradition: Historical, Philosophical and Cultural aspects Back to Top
 
  External and Internal in Ge Hong’s Alchemy by Evgueni A. Tortchinov (Second Link)

An Interview With Dr. Paul Unschuld, Part One Acupuncture Today July, 2004, Volume 05, Issue 07

An Interview With Dr. Paul Unschuld, Part Two Acupuncture Today August, 2004, Volume 05, Issue 08

Huangdi Neijing: a classic book of traditional Chinese medicine

Ice Age Acupuncture? Study of Mummified Body Raises Questions about Practice's Origin.

Oetzi The Tyrolean Iceman - European Acupuncture 2000 Years before China?

 
  Mechanisms of acupuncture & theoretical concepts Back to Top
 
  Mechanism of acupuncture - Beyond neurohumoral theory. By Charles Shang, MD

Microacupuncture Systems as Fractals of the Human Body. By Vadim Bouevitch, M.Ac.

Evidence of Connective Tissue Involvement in Acupuncture. By Helene M. Langevin, David L. Churchill, Junru Wu, Gary J. Badger, Jason A. Yandow, James R. Fox, and Martin H. Krag

fMRI Neurophysiological Evidence Of Acupuncture Mechanisms. By Zang-Hee Cho, PhD; Young-Don Son, MSc; Jae-Yong Han, MSc; Edward K. Wong, MD; Chang-Ki Kang, MSc; Kyung-Yo Kim, PhD; Hyung-Kyoon Kim, PhD; Byung-Yeol Lee, PhD; Yoon-Kyung Yim, PhD; Ki-Hyon Kim, PhD Medical Acupuncture; Volume 14 / # 1

 
  Scientific basis for Acupuncture Back to Top
 
  STUDY OF THE DIFFUSION OF Tc 99m INJECTED INTO AN ACUPUNCTURE POINT ON THE BODY AND INTO A POINT OUTSIDE ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIAN By Dr. Carlo Maria Giovanardi, Dr. Enrico Lonardo, Prof. Achille Abbati (Second Link)

BIO-MORPHOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR LASER STIMULATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS AND ACUPUNCTURE POINTS. by Alex Tatevian DA and Artem Grush MD (Second Link)

Functional magnetic resonance imaging detects activation of the visual association cortex during laser acupuncture of the foot in humans. by Christian M. Siedentopfa, Stefan M. Golaszewski, Felix M. Mottaghyc, Christian C. Ruffd, Stephan Felbera and Andreas Schlagere; Neuroscience Letters, Volume 327, Issue 1 , 12 July 2002, Pages 53-56.

fMRI Neurophysiological Evidence Of Acupuncture Mechanisms. By Zang-Hee Cho, PhD; Young-Don Son, MSc; Jae-Yong Han, MSc; Edward K. Wong, MD; Chang-Ki Kang, MSc; Kyung-Yo Kim, PhD; Hyung-Kyoon Kim, PhD; Byung-Yeol Lee, PhD; Yoon-Kyung Yim, PhD; Ki-Hyon Kim, PhD Medical Acupuncture; Volume 14 / # 1

Acupuncture Modulates the Limbic System and Subcortical Gray Structures of the Human Brain: Evidence From fMRI Studies in Normal Subjects. Kathleen K.S. Hui, Jing Liu, Nikos Makris, Randy L. Gollub, Anthony J.W. Chen, Christopher I. Moore,1 David N. Kennedy, Bruce R. Rosen, and Kenneth K. Kwong Human Brain Mapping 9:13-25(2000)

Biological Effects Of Painless Laser Needle Acupuncture. By Gerhard Litscher, PhD Lu Wang, MD Detlef Schikora, PhD Dagmar Rachbauer, MSc Gerhard Schwarz, MD Andreas Schoepfer, MD Stefan Ropele, PhD Evamaria Huber Medical Acupuncture, Vol. 16, #1

Auricular Acupuncture Stimulation Measured On Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.David Alimi, MD Alfred Geissmann, MD Denis Gardeur, MD Medical Acupuncture; Volume 13 / Number 2

Different central manifestations in response to electroacupuncture at analgesic and nonanalgesic acupoints in rats: a manganese-enhanced functional magnetic resonance imaging study Jen-Hwey Chiu, Mao-Shu Chung, Hui-Cheng Cheng, Tzu-Cheng Yeh, Jen-Chuen Hsieh, Chung-Yen Chang, Wan-Yo Kuo, Henrich Cheng, and Low-Tone Ho; Canadian Jornal of Veterinary Research, 2003 May; 67(2): 94-101.

Afferent mechanisms underlying stimulation modality-related modulation of acupuncture-related cardiovascular responses. by Wei Zhou, Liang-Wu Fu, Stephanie C. Tjen-A-Looi, Peng Li, and John C. Longhurst

 
  Laser Acupuncture Back to Top
 
  BIO-MORPHOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR LASER STIMULATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS AND ACUPUNCTURE POINTS. by Alex Tatevian DA and Artem Grush MD (Second Link)

Functional magnetic resonance imaging detects activation of the visual association cortex during laser acupuncture of the foot in humans. by Christian M. Siedentopfa, Stefan M. Golaszewski, Felix M. Mottaghyc, Christian C. Ruffd, Stephan Felbera and Andreas Schlagere; Neuroscience Letters, Volume 327, Issue 1 , 12 July 2002, Pages 53-56.

Biological Effects Of Painless Laser Needle Acupuncture. By Gerhard Litscher, PhD Lu Wang, MD Detlef Schikora, PhD Dagmar Rachbauer, MSc Gerhard Schwarz, MD Andreas Schoepfer, MD Stefan Ropele, PhD Evamaria Huber Medical Acupuncture, Vol. 16, #1

CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 1; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS

CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 2; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS

POSITION STATEMENT ON LASER ACUPUNCTURE

 
  Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis Back to Top
 
  The Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies to Treat Anxiety and Depression in the United States. By Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., Jane Soukup, Sc.M., Roger B. Davis, Sc.D., David F. Foster, M.D., Sonja A. Wilkey, B.A., Maria I. Van Rompay, B.A., and David M. Eisenberg, M.D.

Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care. by Wonderling D, Vickers AJ, Grieve R, McCarney R.

Is acupuncture cost effective for chronic headache? by Anne D. Walling; American Family Physician; Jan 15, 2005.

Effectiveness of Acupuncture as Adjunctive Therapy in Osteoarthritis of the Knee ; A Randomized, Controlled Trial by Brian M. Berman, MD; Lixing Lao, PhD; Patricia Langenberg, PhD; Wen Lin Lee, PhD; Adele M.K. Gilpin, PhD; and Marc C. Hochberg, MD ; Annals of Internal Medicine; 21 December 2004 | Volume 141 Issue 12 | Pages 901-910

Meta-Analysis: Acupuncture for Low Back Pain by Eric Manheimer, MS; Adrian White, MD, BM, BCh; Brian Berman, MD; Kelly Forys, MA; and Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD ; Annals of Internal Medicine; 19 April 2005 | Volume 142 Issue 8 | Pages 651-663

CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 1; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS

CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 2; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS

 
  Health care: modes of integration Back to Top
 
  Acupuncture: Medicine of the Fourth Kind.by Alex Tatevian, DA; Southern New England Health Care Review; 2000; Vol. 10, Issue 3.

Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care. by Wonderling D, Vickers AJ, Grieve R, McCarney R.

Is acupuncture cost effective for chronic headache? by Anne D. Walling; American Family Physician; Jan 15, 2005.

OLDER AMERICANS NOT DISCUSSING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE WITH DOCTORS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News (Second Link)



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