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Acupuncture for Coccyx Pain - Case 2

October 11, 2019

76-year-old Iris suffered from a pain in her coccyx for over 20 years. It all started after a fall. The pain was mainly felt in sitting position and sometimes spread to her right buttock. Recently it got worse and even hurt in the night. Following a friend's advice, she came to see me for acupuncture. On physical exam, her lower back and right buttock were tight and tender. So I used local points for electro-acupuncture. On the second visit she said her coccyx had been pain free but the right buttock was still achy. Then we had another session and she felt so good and said:"I think I'm OK now. I will call you again if the pain comes back."

Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Muscular-skeletal system

Effects of acupuncture on nutritional state of patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): re-analysis of COPD acupuncture trial, a randomized controlled trial

July 23, 2019

Masao Suzuki,corresponding author1,3 Shigeo Muro,2 Motonari Fukui,3 Naoto Ishizaki,4 Susumu Sato,5 Tetsuhiro Shiota,6 Kazuo Endo,7 Tomoko Suzuki,1

Tadamichi Mitsuma,1 Michiaki Mishima,8 and Toyohiro Hirai5

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/4/e004590

Abstract

Background

There are an increasing number of evidences that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic illness and that bodyweight loss is its prominent

manifestation. We focused on the nutritional outcomes to find out the effec...

Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Respiratory system

Acupuncture for Loss of Smell

May 22, 2019

58-year-old Mr Kanp is from Germany. He was on holiday in our area and staying with a friend. When he complained about his loss of sense of smell, his friend recommended he come to see me. He told me that five months ago he had a very bad cold and took antibiotics for it. After that he lost part of sense of smell. He could only sense a strange, unfamiliar smell when some odours were very strong. His throat felt uncomfortable and his taste was also affected. Doctors were not sure what caused t...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : E.N.T.

Effects of Acupuncture Treatment on Fibromyalgia Symptoms, Serotonin, and Substance P Levels: A Randomized Sham and Placebo - Controlled Clinical Trial

April 29, 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29220534

Pain Med. 2018 Mar 1;19(3):615-628.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of acupuncture treatment on serum levels of serotonin and substance P (SP) as well as on clinical parameters in patients with fibromyalgia (FM).

METHODS:

This is a randomized controlled clinical trial. Seventy-five women with FM were randomized into one of three kinds of acupuncture treatment: real acupuncture group (AcG), sham acupuncture group (Sh...

Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Nervous system