High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Laser Medicine

199 Pages·2012·7.33 MB·English

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
High-Tech Acupuncture and
Integrative Laser Medicine
Guest Editors: Gerhard Litscher, Xin-Yan Gao, Lu Wang, and Bing Zhu
High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Laser
Medicine
Evidence-Based Complementary
and Alternative Medicine
High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Laser
Medicine
Guest Editors: Gerhard Litscher, Xin-Yan Gao, Lu Wang,
and Bing Zhu
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ArndtBu¨ssing,Germany KenjiKawakita,Japan Ki-WanOh,RepublicofKorea
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RabihTalhouk,Lebanon Shu-MingWang,USA RuixinZhang,USA
JoannaThompson-Coon,UK ChenchenWang,USA HaiboZhu,China
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Contents
High-TechAcupunctureandIntegrativeLaserMedicine,GerhardLitscher,Xin-YanGao,LuWang,
andBingZhu
Volume2012,ArticleID363467,2pages
LongitudinalAnti-MllerianHormoneinWomenwithPolycysticOvarySyndrome:AnAcupuncture
RandomizedClinicalTrial,JasonFranasiak,StevenL.Young,ChristopherD.Williams,andLisaM.Pastore
Volume2012,ArticleID973712,7pages
HowtoDesigntheControlGroupinRandomizedControlledTrialsofAcupuncture?,Jaung-GengLin,
Chao-HsunChen,Yu-CheHuang,andYi-HungChen
Volume2012,ArticleID875284,7pages
LocalandSystemicCardiovascularEffectsfromMonochromaticInfraredTherapyinPatientswithKnee
Osteoarthritis:ADouble-Blind,Randomized,Placebo-ControlledStudy,Ru-LanHsieh,Wei-ChengLiao,
andWen-ChungLee
Volume2012,ArticleID583016,9pages
EvaluationoftheEffectsofAcupunctureonBloodFlowinHumanswithUltrasoundColorDoppler
Imaging,ShinTakayama,MasashiWatanabe,HirokoKusuyama,SatoruNagase,TakashiSeki,
ToruNakazawa,andNobuoYaegashi
Volume2012,ArticleID513638,8pages
DevelopmentandClinicalApplicationofaPreciseTemperature-ControlDeviceasanAlternatefor
ConventionalMoxibustionTherapy,ShinTakayama,ShigeruTakashima,JunnosukeOkajima,
MasashiWatanabe,TetsuharuKamiya,TakashiSeki,MiyakoYamasaki,NobuoYaegashi,TomoyukiYambe,
andShigenaoMaruyama
Volume2012,ArticleID426829,6pages
TemperatureandSafetyProfilesofNeedle-WarmingTechniquesinAcupunctureandMoxibustion,
X.Y.Gao,C.Y.Chong,S.P.Zhang,K.W.E.Cheng,andB.Zhu
Volume2012,ArticleID168393,6pages
MathematicalReflectionsonAcupointCombinationsintheTraditionalMeridianSystems,
SvenSchroeder,SusanneEpple´e,JianweiZhang,GesaMeyer-Hamme,ThomasFriedemann,andWeiguoHu
Volume2012,ArticleID268237,10pages
RoleofAC-cAMP-PKACascadeinAntidepressantActionofElectroacupunctureTreatmentinRats,
Jian-huaLiu,Zhi-fengWu,JianSun,LiJiang,ShuoJiang,andWen-binFu
Volume2012,ArticleID932414,7pages
SystemIdentificationAlgorithmAnalysisofAcupunctureEffectonMeanBloodFluxofContralateral
HeguAcupoint,GuangjunWang,JianguoHan,GerhardLitscher,andWeiboZhang
Volume2012,ArticleID951928,7pages
ExplorationofNewElectroacupunctureNeedleMaterial,SanghunLee,Gwang-HoChoi,
ChangHoonLee,YuKyoungKim,SaebhomLee,SungjinCho,SunheeYeon,Sun-MiChoi,
andYeon-HeeRyu
Volume2012,ArticleID612545,10pages
HeterogeneityofSkinSurfaceOxygenLevelofWristinRelationtoAcupuncturePoint,MinyoungHong,
SarahS.Park,YejinHa,JaegeunLee,KwangsikYoo,Gil-JaJhon,MinahSuh,andYoungmiLee
Volume2012,ArticleID106762,7pages
ThermographicalMeasuringoftheSkinTemperatureUsingLaserNeedleAcupunctureinPreterm
Neonates,WolfgangRaith,GerhardLitscher,IrisSapetschnig,SebastianBauchinger,EvelyneZiehenberger,
WilhelmMller,andBerndtUrlesberger
Volume2012,ArticleID614210,5pages
TheEffectsofScrapingTherapyonLocalTemperatureandBloodPerfusionVolumeinHealthySubjects,
Qin-YanXu,Jin-ShengYang,BingZhu,LiYang,Ying-YingWang,andXin-YanGao
Volume2012,ArticleID490292,6pages
Sino-EuropeanTranscontinentalBasicandClinicalHigh-TechAcupunctureStudies—Part4:“Fireof
Life”AnalysisofHeartRateVariabilityduringAcupunctureinClinicalStudies,GerhardLitscher,
Lin-PengWang,LuWang,Cun-ZhiLiu,andXiao-MinWang
Volume2012,ArticleID153480,5pages
NMDAReceptorsofGastric-ProjectingNeuronsintheDorsalMotorNucleusoftheVagusMediatethe
RegulationofGastricEmptyingbyEAatWeishu(BL21),XinZhang,BinCheng,XianghongJing,
YongfaQiao,XinyanGao,HuijuanYu,BingZhu,andHaifaQiao
Volume2012,ArticleID583479,7pages
TechnicalParametersforLaserAcupuncturetoElicitPeripheralandCentralEffects:State-of-the-Artand
ShortGuidelinesBasedonResultsfromtheMedicalUniversityofGraz,theGermanAcademyof
Acupuncture,andtheScientificLiterature,GerhardLitscherandGerhardOpitz
Volume2012,ArticleID697096,5pages
Sino-EuropeanTranscontinentalBasicandClinicalHigh-TechAcupunctureStudies—Part3:Violet
LaserStimulationinAnesthetizedRats,Xin-YanGao,GerhardLitscher,KunLiu,andBingZhu
Volume2012,ArticleID402590,8pages
Laser-InducedEvokedPotentialsintheBrainafterNonperceptibleOpticalStimulationattheNeiguan
Acupoint:APreliminaryReport,GerhardLitscher,GuentherBauernfeind,GernotMueller-Putz,
andChristaNeuper
Volume2012,ArticleID292475,6pages
IntegrativeLaserMedicineandHigh-TechAcupunctureattheMedicalUniversityofGraz,Austria,
Europe,GerhardLitscher
Volume2012,ArticleID103109,21pages
BiomedicalTeleacupuncturebetweenChinaandAustriaUsingHeartRateVariability—Part2:Patients
withDepression,GerhardLitscher,GuangyuCheng,LuWang,WeipingCheng,HangSu,QianqianNiu,
TianyuZou,YongyueWang,XiaoFeng,IngridGaischek,ZeminSheng,andHaixueKuang
Volume2012,ArticleID145904,5pages
ManualandElectroacupunctureforLabourPain:StudyDesignofaLongitudinalRandomized
ControlledTrial,LindaVixner,LenaB.Ma˚rtensson,ElisabetStener-Victorin,andEricaSchytt
Volume2012,ArticleID943198,9pages
Sino-EuropeanTranscontinentalBasicandClinicalHigh-TechAcupunctureStudies—Part2:Acute
StimulationEffectsonHeartRateandItsVariabilityinPatientswithInsomnia,GerhardLitscher,
GuangyuCheng,WeipingCheng,LuWang,QianqianNiu,XiaoFeng,IngridGaischek,andHaixueKuang
Volume2012,ArticleID916085,5pages
Sino-EuropeanTranscontinentalBasicandClinicalHigh-TechAcupunctureStudies—Part1:Auricular
AcupunctureIncreasesHeartRateVariabilityinAnesthetizedRats,Xin-YanGao,KunLiu,BingZhu,
andGerhardLitscher
Volume2012,ArticleID817378,7pages
AnInnovativeHigh-TechAcupunctureProduct:SXDZ-100NerveMuscleStimulator,ItsTheoretical
Basis,Design,andApplication,XinyanGao,PeijingRong,LiangLi,WeiHe,HuiBen,andBingZhu
Volume2012,ArticleID626395,6pages
AuricularAcupunctureMaySuppressEpilepticSeizuresviaActivatingtheParasympatheticNervous
System:AHypothesisBasedonInnovativeMethods,WeiHe,Pei-JingRong,LiangLi,HuiBen,BingZhu,
andGerhardLitscher
Volume2012,ArticleID615476,5pages
TranscutaneousElectricalNerveStimulationonthePC-5andPC-6PointsAlleviatedHypotensionafter
EpiduralAnaesthesia,DependingontheStimulusFrequency,Young-ChangP.Arai,AkihiroIto,
KenjiOhshima,SokiHibino,SinnosukeNiwa,JunKawanishi,HirokiNumanami,YoshikazuSakakima,
ShoujiMizuno,YusukeTawada,YukiMaruyama,JunSato,MakotoNishihara,ShinsukeInoue,
andTakahiroUshida
Volume2012,ArticleID727121,4pages
HindawiPublishingCorporation
Evidence-BasedComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine
Volume2012,ArticleID363467,2pages
doi:10.1155/2012/363467
Editorial
High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Laser Medicine
GerhardLitscher,1,2Xin-YanGao,1,2LuWang,1andBingZhu2
1StronachResearchUnitforComplementaryandIntegrativeLaserMedicine,ResearchUnitofBiomedicalEngineeringin
AnesthesiaandIntensiveCareMedicine,TCMResearchCenterGraz,MedicalUniversityofGraz,8036Graz,Austria
2InstituteofAcupunctureandMoxibustion,ChinaAcademyofChineseMedicalSciences,Beijing100700,China
CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoGerhardLitscher,[email protected]
Received19July2012;Accepted19July2012
Copyright©2012Gerhard Litscher et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
License,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperly
cited.
Basicresearchonhigh-techacupunctureandintegrativelaser andmoxibustion.Afirstintroductionofnewdevelopments
medicinehasbeensuccessfullyperformedallovertheworld of acupuncture stimulation equipment is also featured
duringthelastdecades,usingabroadspectrumofinnovative amongthepapers.
biomedical engineering methods. One of the main goals is Ithastobementionedthatthisspecialissuehasatotal
to combine basic research on high-tech acupuncture with impactfactorof124.124andcontains,amongothers,thefol-
necessary further experimental and clinical pilot studies lowingtopics:(i)modernizationofacupuncture(evidence-
for the first time. Acupuncture has been used for medical based medicine, integrative laser medicine), (ii) high-tech
treatmentforthousandsofyears.Usingelectroacupuncture, acupuncture, (iii) development of innovative acupuncture
needle or laser needle stimulation, and modern biomedical stimulation methods (needle, laser, and electroacupunc-
techniques, it was possible for the first time to quantify ture), (iv) methods for the quantification of peripheral
changesinbiologicalactivitiescausedbyacupuncture. and central effects of acupuncture, (v) scientific evaluation
The patient is in China—the analysis for the effi- of complementary medical methods (acupuncture, acu-
cacy of acupuncture is performed by experts in Europe. pressure, moxibustion, and laser therapy), (vi) computer-
This “transcontinental teleacupuncture” is a way which was controlled acupuncture, (vii) teleacupuncture, (viii) laser
realized by our research team within joint Sino-Austrian needleacupuncture,(ix)red-andinfraredlaserstimulation,
and Sino-European projects. The investigations are carried (x) violet laser acupuncture, (xi) biomedical assessment of
out over thousands of kilometers; for example, 24-hour acupuncture.
electrocardiographic (ECG) recordings from patients are Modernization of acupunctureis a contemporary issue.
registered in China, and the data are transferred directly The bridging between Eastern and Western medicine was
after the acupuncture treatment to an analysis computer at successfulusingmodernbiomedicalengineeringtechnology,
theMedicalUniversityofGraz.TheacupuncturistsinChina asdescribedinthisspecialissue.Thenexttaskistomakethe
are informed about the results immediately based on the arising possibilities and results useable for all involved per-
analysisprotocol. sons.
These Sino-European studies included this special issue
that contains 26 interesting publications, of which 12 are Acknowledgments
relatedtoneedleacupuncture,5tolaseracupuncture,and9
to electroacupuncture. Apart from body acupuncture, spe- The lead guest editor thanks the other three guest editors,
cial emphasis is also given to auricular acupuncture. The Professor B. Zhu, M.D. Ph.D. (Director of the Institute of
investigationscoveranimalexperimentalstudiesandstudies Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese
inhealthyvolunteersandpatients,aswellasbasicandclinical Medical Sciences, Beijing, China), Associate Professor Xin-
researchonevidence-basedhigh-techacupuncture,integra- YanGao,M.D.Ph.D.(HeadoftheDepartmentofPhysiology,
tivelaser,andtranslationalmedicinebasedonacupuncture InstituteofAcupunctureandMoxibustion,ChinaAcademy