Acupuncture Therapy for Neurological Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. History of Modern Acupuncture Research in China

   • Xiaoding Cao

   Pages 1-31

3. Neuroanatomic Basis of Acupuncture Points

   • Fei Zhou, Dengkai Huang, YingXia

   Pages 32-80

4. Neural Transmission of Acupuncture Signal

   • Jinmin Zhu, David N. Kennedy, Xiaoding Cao

   Pages 81-103

5. Acupuncture-Induced Activation of Endogenous Opioid System

   • Guoqiang Wen, Yilin Yang, Yang Lu, Ying Xia

   Pages 104-119

6. Effect of Acupuncture on Neurotransmitters/Modulators

   • Guoqiang Wen, Xiaozhou He, Yang Lu, Ying Xia

   Pages 120-142

7. Acupuncture-Drug Balanced Anesthesia

   • Gencheng Wu, Yanqing Wang, Xiaoding Cao

   Pages 143-161

8. Acupuncture Analgesia in Clinical Practice

   • Qiliang Maoying, Wenli Mi

   Pages 162-193

9. Neurochemical Basis of Electroacupuncture Analgesia on Acute and Chronic Pain

   • Yanqing Wang, Gencheng Wu

   Pages 194-225

10. Acupuncture Therapy for Stroke

    • Jingchun Guo, Jieshi Cheng, Ying Xia

    Pages 226-262

11. Effects of Acupuncture on Arrhythmia and Other Cardiac Diseases

    • Xuezhi Kang, Ying Xia

    Pages 263-288

12. Acupuncture Therapy for Hypertension and Hypotension

    • Xuezhi Kang, Ying Xia

    Pages 289-325

13. Effect of Acupuncture on Epilepsy

    • Ru Yang, Jieshi Cheng

    Pages 326-364

14. Neuroimmuno-effect of Acupuncture on Immunemediated Disorders

    • Jun Wang, Hui Zhao, Xiaoding Cao

    Pages 365-388

15. Acupuncture Treatment for Female Infertility

    • Shulan Ma, Boying Chen

    Pages 389-406

16. Acupuncture Therapy for Menopausal and Perimenopausal Syndrome

    • Zhanzhuang Tian, Hong Zhao

    Pages 407-425

17. Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation

    • Yi Feng, Boying Chen

    Pages 426-436

18. Beneficial Effect of Acupuncture on Depression

    • Qiong Liu, Jin Yu

    Pages 437-459

19. Effect of Acupuncture on Drug Addiction

    • Yi Feng, Boying Chen

    Pages 460-472

20. Back Matter

    Pages 473-480

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Acupuncture therapy has been practiced in China and other Asian countries for more than two thousand years. Modern clinical research has confirmed the impressive therapeutic effect of acupuncture on numerous human ailments, such as controlling pain, nausea, and vomiting. However, the biological mechanisms of acupuncture are still under debate. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the mechanism of acupuncture therapy is explained by a meridian model. According to this model, acupuncture is believed to treat the diseased organs by modulating two conditions known as Yin and Yang, which represent all the opposite principles that people find in the universe, both inside and outside the human body. Yin and Yang complement each other, and are subjected to changes between each other. The balance of Yin and Yang is thought to be maintained by Qi, an energy substance flowing constantly through the meridian, a network connecting all the organs of the body. The illness, according to this theory, is the temporary dominance of one principle over the other, owing to the blockade of the Qi from flowing through the meridian under certain circumstance. The axiom of “No stagnation, No pain” in TCM summarizes this concept. Thus, the goal of acupuncture treatment is to restore the balance of Yin and Yang conditions in the diseased organ(s). This theory has been considered to be useful to guide this ancient therapy, such as carrying out diagnosis, deciding on the principle, and selecting the acupoints.

• Acupuncture
• Chinese Medicine
• TCM
• TUP
• alternative medicine
• chronic pain
• clinical application
• complimentary medicine
• drug addiction
• infertility
• integrative medicine
• neurobiology
• neuroscience
• traditional Chinese medicine
• traumatic brain injury

From the reviews:

“Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese therapy that plays an important role in traditional Chinese medicine. … This monograph summarizes what is known about research into the use of this technique for neurological disorders. … Acupuncture researchers and neuroscientists are the intended audience. … welcome addition to the neurology library of anyone interested in acupuncture and its use in neurology. … does an amazing job of showing how much science is at the heart of acupuncture.” (Joseph I. Sirven, Doody’s Review Service, September, 2010)

• Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

  Ying Xia

• State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

  Xiaoding Cao, Gencheng Wu, Jieshi Cheng

• Department of Integrative Medicine and Neurobiology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

  Xiaoding Cao, Gencheng Wu, Jieshi Cheng

All editors and authors of this book are members of the Institute of Acupuncture Research at Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University (Former Shanghai Medical University), one of the earliest Institutions in China, which is specialized in research on acupuncture effects and the mechanisms. This Institute is also one of the WHO Collaborating Centers for Traditional Medicine. In the past 50 years, scientists in this Institute have comprehensively studied acupuncture effects on neurological disorders and the underlying mechanisms. This book is the first monograph of this Institute and will summarize the major studies performed in this Institute and extend the informative discussions to all disciplines related to the scope of this book, including the most recent results from this Institute. Some authors are members of neurobiological labs in USA at the same time and the book covers also those studies of other researchers in the view of modern neuroscience. 

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