HAPPY 2010

THE AUTUMN PULSE

I recommend you an article about the autumn pulse, published by "Medical Acupuncture". The pulse profile of 4 of the 6 pulse positions changes with each of the 4 seasons. This paper centers on changes in right cun position during the autumn months.

THE ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL HOT FLUSHES

An interesting article about postmenopausal hot flushes publised at "Acupuncture in Medicine". It concludes


that factors other than the chinese diagnoses and the point selection may be of importance regarding the outcome of the treatment.
http://aim.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/27/3/101

FLOWCHART OF SPLEEN PATHOLOGIES

A very interesting flowchart of spleen pathologies by McDonald and Pener.
http://www.acupuncture.com.au/education/zangfu/spleen_flowchart.html

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MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE ON LINE SHOP

"Medical Acupuncture"has a new on line shop. Here you can find books, músic and many other interesting things about chinese medicine.
http://astore.amazon.com/am071-20

ACUPUNCTURE AND FLU

Now that pandemic of influenza A virus is here is time to prevention.
What to Do About the Flu:
-Cover your cough
-Wash your hands frequently
-If you have a fever, stay home for at least 24 hrs after that fever has ended.
Here is a Maciocia's article about Chinese medicine anf flu.
http://maciociaonline.blogspot.com/2009/07/swine-flu_31.html

THE GIOVANNI MACIOCIA'S BLOG

Giovanni Maciocia has a new blog. We hope to learn a lot from him!

ACUPUNCTURE AND POSTPARTUM WEIGHT LOSS

I recommend and interesting article from Chinese Medicine Times about postpartum weight loss. A dose of common sense.

http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/section/339/1/postpartum_weight_loss_for_nursing_mothers_using_tcm_and_modern_techniques

ACUPUNTURA AND ENDOMETRIOSIS

Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition causing menstrual and pelvic pain. A new Cochrane Review suggests that Chinese herbal medicine may be useful in relieving endometriosis-related pain with fewer side effects than conventional treatment. However, better quality randomised controlled trials are needed to investigate it.
http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab006568.html

THE TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA USING ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture can play an important role in the treatment of fibromyalgia. "Chinese Medicine Times" publishes an interesting article about it.
http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/section/341/1/the_treatment_of_fibromyalgia_using_acupuncture

Sham acupuncture

An interesting editorial article from The British Medical Journal by Cummings and White about sham acupuncture. I think that placebo have a very different role in the evaluation of acupuncture than in the evaluation of drugs. What do you thing?
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/338/jan27_2/a3115
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/section_pdf/338/jan27_2/a2760.pdf

ACUPUNCTURE FOR MIGRAINE PROPHYLAXIS

The Cochrane Library publised an updated version of a Cochrane review to investigate whether acupuncture is effective in reducing headache frequency in patients with migraine. The conclusion is that there is consistent evidence that acupuncture provides additional benefit to treatment of acute migraine attacks.

http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD001218/pdf_fs.html

INSOMNIA AND VIVID DREAMING

Insomnia is a common pathology in the general population. The aim of this article is to show us that there is a way of interpreting dreams beyond Freud's system. http://www.classicalchinesemedicine.org/clinicalinfo/insomnia_article.pdf