Huang Di Nei Jing Su WenNature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text

Unschuld, Paul U.

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“…Discussions of anatomical studies to decide needling depths for the meridians of acupuncture can be found in the Neijing (circa 100 bce), [2][3][4][5] with generally shallow needling recommended compared to more recent periods. [6][7][8][9] In the Neijing, there are many descriptions of needling techniques, including the application of deep needling with rather thick needles.…”

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Acupuncture Adverse Events in China: A Glimpse of Historical and Contextual Aspects

Birch

Alræk

Norheim

2013

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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The article by He and colleagues, ''Adverse Events Following Acupuncture: A Systematic Review of the Chinese Literature for the Years 1956-2010'' is an important and timely contribution. In this commentary, the article is reviewed and issues are highlighted about how to interpret and contextualize the results of their study. While their review has been well performed, certain areas have been identified where the results may be inaccurate due to problems in the reporting of original incidents. For example, potential problems were found in the reporting of the minor adverse event (AE) of fainting and the more serious AEs of pneumothorax and hepatitis. The article by He and colleagues highlights the issue that almost all AEs associated with acupuncture in the modern period are due to the administration of the therapy rather than the therapy itself. Future prospective studies can address some of the shortcomings identified in this review.

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Section: The History Of Safe Acupuncture Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Acupuncture Adverse Events in China: A Glimpse of Historical and Contextual Aspects

Birch

Alræk

Norheim

2013

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…Zahlreiche Anwender (ärztliche wie nicht-ärztliche) der Chinesischen Akupunktur berufen sich auf das westliche metaphysische Konstrukt der Energie-und Blutzirkulation [4,5] who treated patients with herbs, moxibustion, and needling therapy. Chunyu Yi considered blood vessels to be the most important structures compared to other constituents of the body.…”

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Missverständnisse bei der Interpretation des Energie-Meridian-Systems der Chinesischen Medizin

Kendall¹

2008

Schweiz Z Ganzheitsmed

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Presently, there are numerous practitioners of Chinese needling therapy (acupuncture) in Europe and the United States, including a few thousand physicians and veterinarians. Western interest in Chinese medicine started gaining serious attention in the 1970s. Few books in English were available at that time and fewer yet students and practitioners could read or translate the original Chinese texts. The first serious textbooks were written by Georges Soulié de Morant and published in French in 1939 and 1941. English translation of this effort eventually followed, even including books published in China. This work had one major problem in that it replaced the physiologically correct Chinese idea of continuous blood circulation of vital substances by the cardiovascular system with the Western metaphysical construct of energy and blood circulating by means of yet-to-be discovered meridians.During the past few years the Chinese/ Oriental medicine community came to realize that the term "meridian" was problematic. So they started replacing "meridian" with "channel" which now circulates energy and blood. However, the reality has not changed and channels are also yet-to-be discovered. The energy-meridian idea has had an unintended impact on education standards by not emphasizing the essential need for science-based training in anatomy, physiology, and pathology. As a result, many new graduates of acupuncture schools are ill-prepared to enter clinical practice and be able to communicate with other health care providers. In addition, valuable research funds are being expended looking for meridians and channels that do not exist. The energy-meridian misconceptions are examined herein with respect to the historic facts of key Chinese concepts of cardiovascular circulation of vital substances. 112Numerous lay and medical practitioners of Chinese needling therapy (acupuncture) rely on the Western metaphysical construct of energy and blood circulation by meridians/channels. This scheme was put forth by Georges Soulié de Morant in 1939 in his rendering of the Chinese vessel theory of cardiovascular circulation of vital substances. This idea is contrary to the historic facts of Chinese medicine, as well as to known anatomy and physiology. Soulié de Morant interpreted the Chinese character "qi" (air and vapor) as "vital energy" and "jing" (longitudinal) as "meridians." He believed meridians were: "an additional circulatory system having no relation to the nervous, circulatory, or lymphatic systems." Later in his life, Soulié de Morant concluded that the vascular system actually supplied blood and energy to all the body cells. Converting potential energy sources to "vital energy" was thought to be in the realm of metaphysics. It has been known for some time that energy production within the cells involves oxidation of glucose to convert ADP to ATP which then fuels cellular processes. The energy-meridian misconceptions need to be replaced with physiologically correct understanding to best serve public interests and to provide a sol...

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“…[2] while over 100 of the drugs mentioned in the Huangdi Neijing (an early Chinese medical text) were herbs. [3] Also, the ancient use of herbs for treatment of diseases has been practiced in India and the defunct Roman Empire. [4] In the recent times, the use of plants and its parts for the treatment of diseases continue to wax strong, with those suffering from chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes asthma and end-stage renal diseases being the most prevalent users .…”

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Evaluating the Anti-Pyretic and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of the Ethanolic Extract of Mangifera Indica (Mango) Bark in Albino Wistar Rats

Nwoke¹,

Konyefom²

2016

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Huang Di Nei Jing Su WenNature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text

Cited by 136 publications

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Acupuncture Adverse Events in China: A Glimpse of Historical and Contextual Aspects

Acupuncture Adverse Events in China: A Glimpse of Historical and Contextual Aspects

Missverständnisse bei der Interpretation des Energie-Meridian-Systems der Chinesischen Medizin

Evaluating the Anti-Pyretic and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of the Ethanolic Extract of Mangifera Indica (Mango) Bark in Albino Wistar Rats

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