My Heart Is What? Summertime, Heat and Joy...

This exploration of the heart system is the third in a series demystifying Chinese Medicine Theory for Patients and the General Public. As we learned previously in the Liver and Kidney system articles, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) provides us with unique and illustrative ways of looking at our health and the relationships between ourselves, others, and our environment.

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Staff Contributor ~ Chad Dupuis
Submitted On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 12:43pm

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine are commonly used to treat a broad range of musculoskeletal problems.  The costs of these conditions to each individuals quality of life is often high and may lead to very serious secondary issues such as drug addiction, mental health problems and more.  With this study a group of researchers from the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam looked at whether or not improvements were made in subjects quality of life from acupuncture.


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Submitted On Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 8:51am

A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland recently performed a small study looking at the effectiveness of acupuncture for persistent hiccups in cancer patients.  There has been many studies recently looking at the benefits of acupuncture for cancer patients.  They have ranged from aiding with pain, nausea, quality of life now through to a common issue persistent hiccups.

 


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Staff Contributor ~ Chad Dupuis
Submitted On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 10:30pm

Acupuncture has a broad range of effects that go far beyond the treatment of pain.  Acupuncture points can effect internal organs, hormones, brain chemistry, mood, stamina and all other aspects of our bodies.  Researchers from the University of Heidelberg recently looked at the use of acupuncture in improving exercise tolerance in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

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