Acupuncture: filling the effectiveness gaps in Western medicine?

Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan; Chung, Vincent C.H.

doi:10.3399/bjgp11x572607

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“…Research ideas should emerge from positive experience in clinical practice and address current "effectiveness gaps" in conventional medicine, where treatment is either ineffective or associated with unacceptable adverse effects (Shan and Chi Ho, 2011). The design of the research should be tailored to provide the kind of information required by the main research stakeholders which is likely to include pragmatic and cost effectiveness studies.…”

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Guidelines for randomised controlled trials investigating Chinese herbal medicine

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Liu

et al. 2012

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Guidelines for randomised controlled trials investigating Chinese herbal medicine

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Witt

Liu

et al. 2012

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…It is nowadays widely used throughout the world including Asia, Europe, and the USA. Acupuncture is one of the most popular complementary and alternative therapies, and has steadily claimed its usefulness ( 108 ). Therapeutic effects of acupuncture in inflammatory diseases have also been widely reported, with manual operation or electro-stimulation at varying acupuncture points ( 109 ).…”

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Activation of the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for COVID-19

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Xiang

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Front. Immunol.

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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) underlined the urgent need for alleviating cytokine storm. We propose here that activating the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway (CAP) is a potential therapeutic strategy. However, there is currently no approved drugs targeting the regulatory pathway. It is evident that nicotine, anisodamine and some herb medicine, activate the CAP and exert anti-inflammation action in vitro and in vivo. As the vagus nerve affects both inflammation and specific immune response, we propose that vagus nerve stimulation by invasive or non-invasive devices and acupuncture at ST36, PC6, or GV20, are also feasible approaches to activate the CAP and control COVID-19. It is worth to investigate the efficacy and safety of the strategy in patients with COVID-19.

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