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Clinical Acupuncture

Scientific Basis

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Gabriel Stux

    1. Akupunktur Centrum, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  2. Richard Hammerschlag

    1. Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, USA

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  • Only book on the market that contains the scientific evidence for the effectiveness on acupuncture
  • Makes acupuncture accessible to the practitioners trained in traditional western medicine

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Acupuncture Analgesia — Basic Research

    • B. Pomeranz
    Pages 1-28

  3. Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia Produced by Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation of Acupuncture Points

    • C. Takeshige
    Pages 29-50

  4. Opioid and Antiopioid Peptides: A Model of Yin-Yang Balance in Acupuncture Mechanisms of Pain Modulation

    • J.-S. Han
    Pages 51-68

  5. The Past, Present, and Future of Meridian System Research

    • C. Shang
    Pages 69-82

  6. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in the Investigation of Acupuncture

    • Z.-H. Cho, C.-S. Na, E. K. Wang, S.-H. Lee, I.-K. Hong
    Pages 83-95

  7. Neurophysiological Basis of Auricular Acupuncture

    • T. Oleson
    Pages 97-112

  8. Assessing Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture: What Has Been Learned from Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture?

    • J. Ezzo, L. Lao, B. M. Berman
    Pages 113-130

  9. An Overview of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Stroke, Addiction, and Other Health Problems

    • S. Birch
    Pages 131-149

  10. Beyond Numbers: Qualitative Research Methods for Oriental Medicine

    • C. M. Cassidy
    Pages 151-169

  11. Proposed Standards of Acupuncture Treatment for Clinical Studies

    • G. Stux, S. Birch
    Pages 171-185

  12. Assessing Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture: Considerations for Designing Future Acupuncture Trials

    • L. Lao, J. Ezzo, B. M. Berman, R. Hammerschlag
    Pages 187-209

  13. Future Directions for Research on the Physiology of Acupuncture

    • R. Hammerschlag, L. Lao
    Pages 211-219

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 221-227
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About this book

In 1988, when "Scientific Bases of Acupuncture" was published, its edi­ tors noted that 12 years had passed since the acupuncture endorphin hypothesis was first postulated, an event that marked the start of serious basic research on acupuncture. The editors also suggested that more was known about the mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia than many pro­ cedures of conventional medicine and, in consequence, it was time to stop referring to acupuncture as an "experimental procedure. " Now another 12 years have passed. Acupuncture research, both basic and clinical, has greatly expanded. Modern biomedical techniques, including those of molecular biology and medical imaging, have revealed increasingly detailed physiological correlates of acupuncture action. Clinical researchers from Europe, North America, and Asia have devised a variety of protocols to test acupuncture efficacy according to generally accepted standards for randomized controlled trials. A critical review of acupuncture research by the United States Food and Drug Administra­ tion resulted in the label "experimental" being legally removed from the packaging of acupuncture needles in 1996, just as the editors of "Scien­ tific Bases of Acupuncture" had proposed. A year later, again in large part a result of increased and improved acupuncture research, a consen­ sus conference on acupuncture convened by the U. S. National Institutes of Health concluded its panel report with the endorsement " . . . there is sufficient evidence of acupuncture's value to expand its use into conven­ tional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiology and clinical value" (JAMA 280:1518-24).

Reviews

 

If you have any interest in how effective your acupuncture may be, in carrying out research, or in supporting the ever-growing momentum of the acupuncture research movement, this book is an essential vade-mecum. Do read it. David F. Mayor, Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

 

Practitioners of Chinese medicine, teachers, students, researchers, and health policy makers alike will benefit form reading this stimulating collection of essays. Highly recommended! Velia Wortman, Anglo-Dutch Institute for Oriental Medicine, Duinlust, Overveen, the Netherlands

Editors and Affiliations

  • Akupunktur Centrum, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Gabriel Stux

  • Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, USA

    Richard Hammerschlag

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Acupuncture

  • Book Subtitle: Scientific Basis

  • Editors: Gabriel Stux, Richard Hammerschlag

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56732-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64054-7Published: 27 September 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-56732-2Published: 28 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Acupuncture, Pain Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Chiropractic Medicine, Anesthesiology

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