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Hair loss is now controlled, eradicated, by needling Du Mai 20 and antitoxic points which I mentioned earlier. I stop
hair loss and stimulate new hair growth from the tenth acupuncture session onwards. Hair loss is avoided if we can
administer two or three acupuncture sessions before the very first drop of chemotherapy. In that case I avoid the wig
at the end of the treatment, witch is VERY important for the patient psychology
On the biological level:
We carry out blood tests: at the end of each course of chemotherapy and one week and again two weeks
afterwards. Control of markers and more detailed tests were done at the request of oncologists
These tests are carried out repeatedly to: monitor the tolerance level of the treatment and its efficiency.
They also enable the role of acupuncture to be identified:
– 1- in restoring the various hepatic test back to normal levels, in other words, tolerance of chemotherapy on the
liver-gall bladder axis
– 2- on immunity: the leukocyte count is maintained to the normal in sixty five percent of patients, thereby ensuring
that the chemotherapy sessions can take place at the dates foreseen, which optimizes the chances of complete cure.
Conclusion:
Main interest in acupuncture is that it restores the quality of life of
these patients such as, for example:
– sharing family meals
– working
– going out with friends, on the other hands: social aspects
– living a normal active life
– not feeling isolated.
All this is important to create a positive dynamism which will help the patient towards remission and possibly even
complete cure. Acupuncture has thus played a vital role in the satisfactory organisation of chemotherapy and/or
radiotherapy, and in neutralising side effects of these treatment as well as on immunity
This latter action on immunity-stimulation, will be confirmed by further scientific study, for validation.
The long term goal is to increase therapeutic efficiency by:
Optimizing acupuncture protocols, both through the choice of points and frequency of sessions. As by improving
chemotherapy protocols
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LONG-TERM EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE FOR PATIENTS WITH GLAUCOMA
Soichiro Kaneko
Center for Asian Traditional Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Context: Research of the effects of one acupuncture method for patients with glaucoma, focusing on intraocular
pressure (IOP).
Objective: To explore the long-term effects of using acupuncture for patients with glaucoma.
Design: Pilot study utilizing a one-group preintervention, postintervention design.
Setting: Six patients with glaucoma were recruited through advertisement at the clinic for glaucoma. Intervention:
Acupuncture was carried out at an average rate of three times a month over 15 month.
Outcome Measures: IOP were observed at 15 minutes before or untreated day in one, three, six, nine, twelve and
fifteen month.
Results: IOP was significantly improved at one, three, six, nine, twelve and fifteen month compare with baseline
(p