简介:NewZealandersareincreasinglyembracingAcupunctureandChineseMedicine.AsurveyofGeneralPractitionersin2006showedthatnearly80%ofthosesurveyedwouldrefertheirpatientsontoanAcupuncturistfortreatment.ThenationalinjuryinsuranceschemethroughtheAccidentCompensationCommission(ACC)hasfundedpartialpaymentofAcupuncturetreatmentsince1990.In2007,theMinisterofHealthapprovedAcupuncturetoberecognizedundertheHealthPractitionersCompetenceAssurance(HPCA)ActbutfollowingareviewoftheAct,thedecisionwasoverturned.TheNewZealandGovernmenthasdecidedtoadoptthesamecriteriaforregistrationofhealthprofessionsasAustraliaandourprofessionhasbeenaskedtoresubmitshowingthatwemeetthenewcriteria.Althoughdisappointing,wenowhavetheopportunitytotakeChinesemedicine,includingbothAcupunctureandChineseHerbalMedicinethroughtoregistration,thesameasourcolleaguesinAustralia.ChineseMedicinehasbeenapprovedfornationalregistrationinAustraliaandtheschemewillbegininJuly2012.ItishopedthatweinNewZealandwillbeabletofollowasimilartimeline.Inthepast,thoseNewZealanderswishingtostudyAcupunctureorChineseMedicinehadtotraveloverseastodoso.Wenowhavetwowellestablishedschools,eachwithtwocampuses,deliveringaBachelorDegreeinHealthScience.TheNewZealandRegisterofAcupuncturistsisthelargestandlongestestablishedprofessionalbodyrepresentingAcupuncturistsandpractitionersofChineseMedicineinNewZealand.Themajorityofourmemberstrainedoverseas-largelyinChinabutalsoinAustralia,Korea,AmericaortheUK-butthisdemographicisrapidlychangingasmorestudentsgraduatefromourlocalschools.Withincreasingnumbersofpractitionersandgreaterawarenessbythegeneralpublic,AcupunctureandChineseMedicinearefirmlyestablishedaspartofthehealthcaresysteminNewZealand.Registrationoftheprofessionisthenextimportantstepinensuringthatst
简介:StudiesonthePharmacyofin-vitroCultivatedCalculusbovis(ICCB);StudiesonSesquiterpenesConstituentsofLigulariapleurocaulis;IsolationandIdentificationofLabdaneDiterpenoidsfromtheRootsofColeusforskohlii;StudyontheApplicationofIndexofCompositeInformationofChromatographicFingerprintsinQualityControlofTraditional;ChineseMedicine
简介:Objective:Toobservetheeffectofacupunctureandmoxibustiononbloodlipidlevelinapoplectichemiplegiapatientswithomalgia.Methods:90casesofapoplecticherniplegiapatientswithomalgiawererandomlydividedintosimpleacupuncture(n=30),acupuncture+medication(n=30)andsimplemedication(n=30)groups.MainacupointsusedwereShuigou(GV26),Neiguan(PC6),Tongli(HT5),
简介:PurposeThisstudywasdonetoverifytheeffectivenessofacupuncturetreatmentonnasalobstructioncausedbyallergicrhinitisorrhinosinusitis,andtoknowtheclinicaleffectofanovelacupuncturepointnamedSim-eui.MethodRhinitispatientswithatleasttwovisitstothehospitalfromSeptember,2009toNovember,2009wererandomizedintoeitherexperimentorcontrolgroup.Theexperimentgroupweretreatedwithacupunctureongenerallyusedpointsofrhinitis,thatareGV22,GV23,GV24,ST8(bothsides),BL2(bothsides),ST4(bothsides),aswellasSim-euipoint.ThecontrolgroupweretreatedwiththegeneralpointsandLI20(bothsides)insteadofSim-euipoint.Acupunctureneedleswereleftinfor15minutesforbothgroups.TheinitialandfinalsymptomscoresofSNOT-20andamodifiedVASwereusedtoevaluatetheeffectiveness.TheprogramusedforstatisticalanalysiswasSPSS15.0forwindow.WilcoxonSignedRanksTestwasdonetoanalyzetheintra-groupsymptomscorechangebeforeandaftertreatment,andMann-WhitneyTestwasusedtocompareinter-groupVASchange.Allthestatisticswereverifiedatasignificancelevelof5%.ResultTheSNOT-20scoresbeforeandafteracupuncturetreatmentshowedsignificantchangesonbothexperimentandcontrolgroups,buttherewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenthetwogroups.AllcategoriesoftheSNOT-20showedsignificantresult,exceptthe'Wakeupatnight'and'Lackofagoodnight'ssleep'entries.ThemodifiedVASshowedsignificantimprovementofsymptomintheexperimentgroupcomparedwithcontrolgroup.ConclusionAcupuncturetreatmentusingSim-euipointseemstobehelpfulinimprovingqualityoflifebyimmediatereliefofnasalobstruction.
简介:ObjectiveThisreviewaimedtosystematicallysummarizeandcriticallyevaluatetheclinicalevidencefororagainsttheeffectivenessofacupunctureasasymptomatictherapyforuremicpruritus(UP)inend-stagerenaldisease(ESRD)patients.Materialsandmethod:Wesearched16electronicdatabasesfromtheirinceptionstoNovember2009.Allprospectiveclinicalstudiesofneedleacupunctureforuremicpruritusinhemodialysispatientswithend-stagerenaldiseasewereincludedregardlessoftheirdesign.RiskofbiasoftheincludedstudieswereassessedusingtheCochranecriteria.ResultsOf464initiallylocatedarticles,458studieswereexcluded.Threerandomizedcontrolledtrials(RCTs),onenon-randomizedcontrolledtrial(CCT)andtwouncontrolledobservationalstudieswereincluded.InthreeRCTs,acupuncturewascomparedtosham-acupuncture(n=1),oralantihistamineplustopicalointment(n=1)andoralcalcitriol(n=1).InoneCCT,electroacupuncture(EA)wascomparedtosuperficialelectricalstimulation.Intwoobservationalstudies,EA(n=1)ormanualacupuncture(n=1)wereemployed.Fourof6includedstudiesmentionedmildornooccurrenceofadverseevents.Allofincludedtrialsreportedbeneficialeffectsofacupuncture.However,mostofthestudiesshowedhighriskofbias,whichleavetheirreportsunconvincing.ConclusionThecurrentevidenceisinsufficienttoshowthatacupunctureisaneffectivetreatmentforuremicpruritusinpatientswithend-stagerenaldiseaseduetosuboptimalqualityandlackofmethodologicalrigorofincludedstudies.Futuretrialsshouldovercomethelimitationsofthecurrentlyavailableevidence.
简介:摘要目的对在院前急救的重要性以及特点和院前急救目前的现状等进行简要的分析。方法抽取在2011-2012年这一段时间内我院院前急救科所接受的急救患者病例106例,对这些病例的资料进行回顾性分析,总结院前急救的重要性以及特点和院前急救的现状等。结果本院救护车配备为良好,几乎车的空车率为27.7%左右,需要进行院前急救的病种主要为交通伤、急腹症、治安伤、突发心脏病等。患者的年龄分布较大一般在18-72岁之间不等,在所抢救的患者中外科患者所占比例较大一般为占58.6%左右。呼叫响应间期大约为10-15分钟左右。结论院前急救对临床工作而言具有十分重要的作用,在进行院前急救时要结合该地区的一些特点,对急救资源予以合理有效地利用,要加强相关人员的急救技术培训工作,确保急救能够真正做到及时有效。