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Med Acupunct
October 2024
Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Objective: Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurological disorder. Treatments are limited, and non-pharmacologic therapies are recommended based on symptomatology. A G2P2002 post-menopausal 60-year-old female with hypertension, obesity, and type II diabetes, and SPS secondary to a paraneoplastic process cause by endometrioid ovarian adenocarcinoma who presented to acupuncture clinic seeking treatment for SPS and its sequela.
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December 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea.
Introduction: Overactive bladder is a major public health concern that negatively impacts a patient's quality of life, and it is highly prevalent in menopausal women. Acupuncture has been suggested as a viable therapeutic approach. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of thread-embedding acupuncture in postmenopausal women with overactive bladder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhen Ci Yan Jiu
December 2024
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029.
Objectives: To observe the clinical effect on perimenopausal dry eye disease treated with He's fire needle therapy combined with walnut-shell moxibustion.
Methods: A total of 60 patients with perimenopausal dry eye disease were randomized into an observation group (30 cases) and a control group (30 cases). In the observation group, the pricking technique with fire needle was operated at bilateral Naokong (GB19), Feishu (BL13), Xinshu (BL15), Ganshu (BL18), Pishu (BL20), Shenshu (BL23), 3 times a week, for 4 weeks, and the walnut-shell moxibustion was combined, 30 minutes each time, 3 times a week, for 4 weeks.
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