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A severe form of hepatitis is the cirrhosis-the final stage of a cronic hepatitis,which represents a sclerosis of the
liver installed after the cronic inflammation,characterized by diffuse disorganization of normal hepatic structure with
regenerative nodules that are surrounded by fibrotic tissue.
Hepatitis C is at the moment very extend in Romania and it is followed by hepatitis B.The big problem of hepatitis
C is that very often the patients are asymptomatic and appear with cirrhosis after some years. Others shows a lot
of unspecific symptoms; anorexia, malaise, weight loss;
The alopathic treatment uses at this hour the therapy with INTERFERON which has a lot of negative effects,a lot
of patients refuse the therapy due to these aspects;
GV14(DAZHUI)
GV13(TAODAO)
CAPSICUM FR fam.Solanacee. Effects-expelling cold and dampness,removing blood stasis.
The patients received from the beginning a lot o preparations with regenerative effect of the liver; ayurvedic
recepts, gemotherapy, all kinds of tee combinations, apy-products.
The particularity of treatment ;using the triangle needle with bleeding,aplication of Capsicum fr.
Conclusion: a combination of apiphytotherapy with acupuncture can induce good results in the evolution of a
liver disease.
Keywords: alopathy, phytotherapy, tcm.gv14, gv13, seeds of capsicum fr., bleeding.
A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF LOCAL ACUPOINTS COMPARED WITH DISTAL ACUPOINTS IN
DEGENERATIVE OSTEOARTHRITIS ON KNEE
In-Shik Park, Hyuk Byun, Chan-Yung Jung, Kap-Sung Kim, Seung-Deok Lee
Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University
Background: Osteoarthritis is common chronic pain condition for which patients frequently use acupuncture. local
acupoint is point where pain exists, and distal acupoint is point far away from the pain area which is related by
meridian
Objective: To compare the efficacy of local acupoint with distal acupuncture at relieving pain and improving
function in knee osteoarthritis.
Design: A randomized, single-blinded, crossover clinical trial.
Setting: One outpatient clinic (department of acupuncture & moxibustion) located in academic teaching hospital,
South Korea.
Patients: 17 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee (mean age 62.76[SD ±4.37] years).
Intervention: The trial had 4 stages: baseline (2 weeks), phase I and II (each 2 weeks), washout period (2 weeks).
Patients were randomly assigned to either group A or group B. Group A received acupuncture at local acupoints
during phase I, then acupuncture at distal acupoints in phase II. Group B received the treatments in reverse order.
In each phase, the patients were treated with acupuncture for 6 times.
Measurements: The primary outcome was subjective pain as measured by a 100mm visual analogue scale (VAS)
ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain ever). Secondary outcomes were changes in the Western Ontario and
McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) total and pain scores. Measurements were obtained at
baseline, 1st day of phase I and II, and 2 days after last treatment of phase I and II.
Results: The 17 participants in 2 groups were well matched for age, sex, target knees, baseline VAS score,
WOMAC pain score and WOMAC score. Participants in local acupoint group experienced greater improvement than
distal acupoint group at 2 days after last treatment in WOMAC total score (mean difference, -10.65 [95% CI, -20.56
to -0.74] P= 0.036) but not in VAS (mean difference, -12.41 [95% CI, -29.56 to 4.73] P= 0.15) and WOMAC pain
score (mean difference, -1.82 [95% CI, -3.98 to 0.33] P= 0.094).
Conclusion: Local acupoints are more effective than distal acupoints at relieving pain and improving function in
knee osteoarthritis.
Keywords: Osteoarthritis, knee, local acupoint, distal acupoint, randomized controlled trial.
SOCKS SYNDROME
Eva Pongo
Semmelweis Medical University, Hungary
A 45-year-old female patient came in to the ambulant treatment of TCM complaining of extreme sweating upon
removing her socks. This phenomenon has been present since her birth. Upon examination of patient (interrogation,
inspection, pulse- and tongue-diagnostics, touch) complex function disorders were recognized. I initiated acupuncture
treatment and advised her to make changes in her lifestyle. I also applied movement- and respiratory therapies. In
my presentation I will demonstrate the causes of this interesting case and the applied treatment. As a result of the
treatment, in a matter of a month, the patient's symptoms receded drastically, certain physiological parameters (blood
pressure, blood-sugar) normalized and her migraine ceased.
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