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L’Art de Nourrir la Vie selon la médecine chinoise . Cahiers de Yang Shen.Josette BARRY-MALENBITS
C’est avec beaucoup d’humilité que je me permets de souligner la qualité du nouvel écrit de Madame Josette Barry-Malembits : « L’Art de Nourrir la Vie » Selon la médecine chinoise La Tisserande Editions (septembre 2016/29€) Je suis en effet de ceux qui, à l’époque du défunt DIU d’acupuncture de Bordeaux II (victime d’une Université défaillante dans sa […]
Effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine as an adjunct therapy for Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Abstract BACKGROUND Idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that seriously hinders limb activities and affects patients’ lives. We performed a meta-analysis aiming to systematically review and quantitatively synthesize the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as an adjunct therapy for clinical PD patients. METHODS An electronic search was conducted in […]
Actigraph evaluation of acupuncture for treating restless legs syndrome
We evaluated the effects of acupuncture in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) by actigraph recordings. Among the 38 patients with RLS enrolled, 31 (M = 12, F = 19; mean age, 47.2 ± 9.7 years old) completed the study. Patients were treated with either standard acupuncture (n = 15) or randomized acupuncture (n = […]
Bee venom pharmacopuncture: an effective treatment for complex regional pain syndrome
OBJECTIVES Treating complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is difficult because it still does not have a recommended therapy. A 29-year-old man was diagnosed with CRPS after surgery on his 4(th) and 5(th) left toes 7 years ago. Though he had undergone diverse pain treatment, the symptoms persisted, so he visited Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of […]
Littérature proposée par Jacques Covin juin 2015
En cette fin de printemps, je vous propose la lecture > Du dernier livre de Bernard Desoutter « Les chemins de la tradition – L’acupuncture » aux éditions Sauramps Médical – 2015. L’auteur s’adresse ici à au lecteur curieux non spécialiste et lui présente l’acupuncture, son histoire, ses principes et ses indications. >Pour ceux qui […]
Can acupuncture treatment be double-blinded? An evaluation of double-blind acupuncture treatment of postoperative pain.
Abstract Blinding protects against bias but the success of blinding is seldom assessed and reported in clinical trials including studies of acupuncture where blinding represents a major challenge. Recently, needles with the potential for double-blinding were developed, so we tested if acupuncture can be double-blinded in a randomized study of sixty-seven patients with acute pain […]
Littérature proposée par Jacques Covin
En cette année 2014 qui a vu la disparition de Constantin Milsky (1916 – 2014), je ne pouvais commencer cette revue critique bibliographique sans vous conseiller la lecture de ses mémoires « Le dragon enchaîné » (1). Né en 1916 à Odessa, Constantin Milsky arrive en Chine en 1931 où il va être confronté à […]