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Evidence-based acupuncture.
Acupuncture has been an important branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 3000 years and is the most popular practice among non-Chinese practitioners outside of China. In 1998, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a consensus conference and endorsed the practice of acup...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Publishing Company,
2012.
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| Colección: | Annals of traditional Chinese medicine.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1.5 The Spinal Cord in Acupuncture Analgesia1.5.1 Segmental inhibition of acupuncture analgesia involved both postsynaptic and pre-synaptic inhibitions; 1.5.2 The peripheral neurological structures related to acupuncture; 1.5.3 Neurotransmitters related to acupuncture analgesia; Peptides; Monoamines; 1.5.4 The regulative pathways of acupuncture analgesia; The "Gate-control" theory; Thalamic nucleus submedius; 1.6 The Relationship between EA Function and Stimulation Parameter; 1.6.1 Influence of frequency and waveform on the effect of acupuncture anesthesia in EA.
- 1.6.2 Influence of voltage on the effect of analgesia1.6.3 Influence of wave width on the effect of anesthesia; 1.6.4 Influence of EA frequency rate and position on analgesic effect; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Acupuncture for Neurological Deficits; 2.1 Influence of Acupuncture on Cerebral Function; 2.1.1 Motor evoked potential (MEP); 2.1.2 Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP); 2.1.3 Acupuncture affects electrical activities of the cerebral cortex; 2.1.4 Acupoints function could be related to cerebral cortical function; 2.2 Influence of Acupuncture on Spinal Cord Function.
- 2.3 Acupuncture and Central Neurotransmitters2.4 Acupuncture and the Peripheral Nervous System; 2.4.1 Nerve fibers in acupuncture treatment; 2.4.2 Acupuncture and recovery of injured nerves; 2.5 Summary and Discussion; References; Chapter 3 Acupuncture for Immunomodulation; 3.1 Acupuncture and Cellular Immune Function; 3.1.1 Acupuncture activates T cells and related sub-groups; 3.1.2 Acupuncture activates NK cells; 3.1.3 Acupuncture and macrophages; 3.1.4 Acupuncture and leukocyte phagocytosis; 3.1.5 Acupuncture and red blood cells; 3.2 Acupuncture and Body Fluid Immune Function.
- 3.2.1 Acupuncture regulates specifi c immunoglobulin3.3 Acupuncture and Tumour Immunology; 3.4 Acupuncture and Non-specific Immunity; 3.4.1 Effect of acupuncture on complement; 3.5 Summary and Discussion; References; Chapter 4 Acupuncture for Endocrine Function; 4.1 Regulating Effects of Acupuncture on the Endocrine System; 4.2 Regulating Effects of Acupuncture on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenals (HPA) Endocrine Axis; 4.3 Regulating Effects of Acupuncture on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal (HPG) Endocrine Axis; 4.4 Regulating Effects of Acupuncture on the Thyroid-Pituitary Axis.