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  2. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is ranked the second leading cause of orofacial pain after toothache, and there is no effective standard treatment for all cases. Therefore, much research has been conducted in...

    Authors: Marcelo Rossiti Florian, Vera Lucia Rasera Zotelli, Maria da Luz Rosa´rio de Sousa and Larissa Ange´lica Bachir Polloni
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:1002004
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  3. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture points (APs) have been emphasized as key elements that generate the therapeutic effects of acupuncture. At the spinal cord or supraspinal level, sensory neurons loc...

    Authors: Salvador Quiroz-González, Sergio Torres-Castillo, Rosa Estela López-Gómez and Ismael Jiménez Estrada
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:1002001
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  4. This case study details the treatment of a 59-year-old male with Stage 3B chronic kidney disease (CKD) and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy of the left limbs using acupuncture and bulk herbs. After 6...

    Authors: Sunny-Kim Barden
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:1002011
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Paresthesia is defined as an alteration in local sensibility, associated with numbness, tingling, or unpleasant sensations caused by nerve lesions or irritation. It can be temporary or permanent. The treatment...

    Authors: Crischina Branco Marques Sant’Anna, Paulo Renato Junqueira Zuim, Daniela Atili Brandini, Aimée Maria Guiotti, Joao Batista Vieira and Karina Helga Leal Turcio
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:1002009
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  6. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a widely-practiced method to increase blood flow in clinical practice. The best location for stimulation to achieve optimal blood flow has not yet been det...

    Authors: Fahimeh Kamali, Hossein Mirkhani, Ahmadreza Nematollahi, Saeed Heidari, Elahesadat Moosavi and Marzieh Mohamadi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2017 10:1002007
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  7. Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common complication after most abdominal surgeries including cesarean section. It is associated with longer hospitalization and increased medical costs. This study is a randomize...

    Authors: Faezeh Abadi, Maryam Shahabinejad, Foziyeh Abadi and Majid Kazemi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 10:1002006
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  9. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) develops in 30% of type 2 diabetes patients, increases the risk for foot ulcers and amputation, and is a significant source of disability and medical costs. Treatment remai...

    Authors: Anne Bailey, Deborah Wingard, Matthew Allison, Priscilla Summers and Daniel Calac
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 10:1002002
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  12. We previously showed that a yin meridian of the upper limb decreased electromyographic activity (root mean square) and muscle strength ipsilateral and contralateral to the side of stimulation. Here, we tested ...

    Authors: Leandro L. de Souza, Fernanda L. B. de Araujo, Fernanda A. M. da Silva, Thaís S. Mucciaroni and João E. de Araujo
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050005
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  13. When nausea, an extremely unpleasant symptom, is experienced during dental treatment, it generates disorders and obstacles for both the patient and the professional, compromising the good quality of dental car...

    Authors: Vera Lucia Rasera Zotelli, Cássia Maria Grillo and Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050009
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  14. Analgesic effects of acupuncture have been extensively studied in various clinical trials. However, the conclusion remains controversial, even among large scale randomized controlled trials. This study aimed t...

    Authors: Haiyong Chen, Zhipeng Ning, Wing Lok Lam, Wai-Yee Lam, Ying Ke Zhao, Jerry Wing Fai Yeung, Bacon Fung-Leung Ng, Eric Tat-Chi Ziea and Lixing Lao
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050002
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  15. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy based on Verbal Pain Scale (VPS) scores in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients admitted to the emergency department with attacks of ...

    Authors: Sinan Becel, Yılmaz Sezgin and Fatih Akçay
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050007
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  19. The aim of this study was to compare the influences of manual acupuncture, laser acupuncture, and electromagnetic field stimulation on the autonomic nervous system. We monitored the heart rate variability befo...

    Authors: Na Ra Lee, Soo Byeong Kim, Hyun Heo and Yong Heum Lee
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050006
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  20. Preemptive analgesia involves introducing an analgesic before noxious stimulation. Electroacupuncture (EA) activates descending mechanisms that modulate nociceptive inputs into the spinal dorsal horn. This stu...

    Authors: Marcelo Lourenço Silva, Josie Resende Torres Silva and Wiliam Alves Prado
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9040005
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  21. This systematic review aims to evaluate the therapeutic effects of yoga therapy using an evidence-based approach and investigates the relationship between yoga and the meridian energies based on all available ...

    Authors: Jiae Choi, Ji Hee Jun, Ju Ah Lee and Myeong Soo Lee
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9040007
    Content type: Technical Note Published on:

  22. Natural products derived from plant sources have been utilized to treat patients with numerous diseases. The phytochemical constituents present in ethanolic leaf extract of Erythrina variegata (ELEV) were identif...

    Authors: Suriyavathana Muthukrishnan, Subha Palanisamy, Senthilkumar Subramanian, Sumathi Selvaraj, Kavitha Rani Mari and Ramalingam Kuppulingam
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9040006
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  24. Cancer is the cause of more than 6 million deaths worldwide every year. For centuries, medicinal plants have been used in the treatment of cancer. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and acupuncture point stim...

    Authors: Narayanan Janakiraman and Marimuthu Johnson
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9030007
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  25. Throughout the world, various parts of most Satureja species are traditionally used to treat patients with various diseases and complications. As for the presence of different classes of metabolites in Satureja a...

    Authors: Fereshteh Jafari, Fatemeh Ghavidel and Mohammad M. Zarshenas
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9030003
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  26. This study aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms of acupuncture in the remission of depression. A depressive disorder model was induced by exposing Sprague—Dawley rats to chronic unpredictable stress. T...

    Authors: Ling Fan, Zhao Chen, Wenbin Fu, Nenggui Xu, Jianhua Liu, Aiping Lu, Ziping Li, Shengyong Su, Taixiang Wu and Aihua Ou
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050004
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  28. Although acupuncture treatment is increasingly in demand among psychiatric patients, to date no studies have investigated the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture (AA) in treating anxiety disorders or major ...

    Authors: Lukas de Lorent, Agorastos Agorastos, Alexander Yassouridis, Michael Kellner and Christoph Muhtz
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9040004
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  32. Neuronal stimulation improves physiological responses to infection and trauma, but the clinical potential of this strategy is unknown. We hypothesized that transdermal neural stimulation through low-frequency ...

    Authors: Dennis Grech, Zhifeng Li, Patrick Morcillo, Evelyne Kalyoussef, David D. Kim, Alex Bekker and Luis Ulloa
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  33. Chronic inflammation is known to be associated with visceral obesity and insulin resistance which are characterized by altered levels of production of pro- and anti-inflammatory adipokines. The dysregulation o...

    Authors: Jacqueline J. T. Liaw and Philip V. Peplow
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9040003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  34. This paper describes the results of the treatment of amblyopia in young patients using an unconventional laser-acupuncture technique. After obtaining satisfactory results in the treatment of a 14-year-old ambl...

    Authors: Marzio Vanzini and Michele Gallamini
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9050008
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  35. A predominant number of diseases affecting women are related to female hormones. In most of the cases, these diseases are reported to be associated with menstrual problems. These diseases affect female reprodu...

    Authors: Abhishek Thakur, Subhash C. Mandal and Sugato Banerjee
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9030002
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  37. In this clinical study, the author tried to prove that meridians, each having its own characteristics, exist in humans through which skin diseases can be treated. Three meridians, the hand tai-yin meridian, th...

    Authors: Yong-Cheol Jeon
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2016 9:9020006
    Content type: Clinical Case Report Published on:

  38. This study investigated experience with acupuncture needle stimulation of apparently healthy adult Nigerians and the responses of the systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure, heart rate (HR), a...

    Authors: Ganiyu Sokunbi, Stanley Maduagwu, Olabode Jaiyeola, Hassan Gambo and Cephas Blasu
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9030006
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  39. A varicocele is a dilatation of the pampiniform venous plexus within the spermatic cord. The incidence of varicoceles is 15%, and it occurs in more than 40% of men in infertile couples. Traditional Korean medi...

    Authors: Junyoung Jo, Hyunho Kim and Ui Min Jerng
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9030008
    Content type: Clinical Case Report Published on:

  40. Acupuncture has been studied for several decades to establish evidence-based clinical practice. This systematic review aims to evaluate evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture in influencing the function...

    Authors: María Villarreal Santiago, Steve Tumilty, Aleksandra Mącznik and Ramakrishnan Mani
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9040001
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  41. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been shown to exert beneficial effects on obesity, but the mechanism is unclear. This study investigated the effects of EA on diet-induced obese (DIO) rats. Fifty male Sprague—Dawle...

    Authors: Xia Liu, Jun-Feng He, Ya-Ting Qu, Zhi-Jun Liu, Qing-Yang Pu, Sheng-Tong Guo, Jia Du and Peng-Fei Jiang
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9020002
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  42. Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a major cause of debilitation in adults, and acupuncture is a recommended treatment. We assessed the effect of acupuncture on pain and quality of life in patients with LSS. Twen...

    Authors: Mohammad J. Hadianfard, Ali Aminlari, Arghavan Daneshian and Ali R. Safarpour
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9040002
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  44. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of acupotomy for treating patients with a herniated intervertebral disc (HIVD). This case series includes five HIVD patients who were treated at the Department o...

    Authors: Hyun-ji Kim, Ju-hyun Jeon and Young-il Kim
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9010007
    Content type: Clinical Case Report Published on:

  45. Obesity is the state of excessive body fat accumulation and is mainly caused by consuming more calories than are burned through physical activity. Herbal acupuncture (HA), also known as pharmacopuncture, has b...

    Authors: Min-Ho Nam, Seung-Wook Lee, Hyun-Young Na, Jeong-Hwa Yoo, Sun-Ho Paik, Kwang Seok Ahn, Young-Min Ahn, Se-Young Ahn, Seung-Hoon Choi and Byung-Cheol Lee
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9020001
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  47. Chronic inflammation is known to be associated with visceral obesity and insulin resistance and is characterized by altered levels of production of adipokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleuk...

    Authors: Jacqueline J. T. Liaw and Philip V. Peplow
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9020004
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  48. Hypertension affects functional capacity and quality of life. Pulse wave analysis (PWA) quantifies the pulse waveform’s propagation and its changes resulting from arterial remodeling. Pulse image analysis (PIA...

    Authors: Nathalia Gomes Ribeiro Moura and Arthur Sá Ferreira
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9020007
    Content type: Technical Note Published on:

  49. The effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokines and blood glucose (BG) in lean and obese Long Evans rats were investigated. Group 1 and Group 3 had five lean and seven obese rats, re...

    Authors: Jacqueline J. T. Liaw and Philip V. Peplow
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9020003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  50. Recently, ginger has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as an herbal therapy for treating several cardiovascular diseases, however, information on its mechanism of action is limited. The present study a...

    Authors: Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi, Ganiyu Oboh, Adedayo Oluwaseun Ademiluyi, Aline Augusti Boligon and Margareth Linde Athayde
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9020005
    Content type: Research Article Published on:
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