Articles on acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Clinical Research on Treating Senile Dementia by Combining Acupuncture with Acupoint-Injection
Yemeng Chen, L. Ac., FICAE, President, New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Formerly a member of the
Acupuncture Department, Huashan Hospital,
Shanghai Medical University,
Shanghai 20040, P. R. China
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Efficacy & Therapeutic Strategies of Acupuncture Applied to Treat Pain due to Whiplash Injuries
Yemeng Chen, L. Ac., FICAE, President, New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
[excerpt] In our car-oriented society, whiplash injury cases are commonly seen in acupuncture practice. These patients typically have long-term physical and subjective symptoms for which acupuncture treatment is a useful modality.
The high percentage of positive results in whiplash injury patients lead them to advocate acupuncture for balance disorders due to whiplash injury. From 1998 – 2000, I had a retrospective observation on the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in 75 whiplash injury cases with acupuncture treatment.
Classifying Whiplash Injury according to Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory
Whiplash injuries are related to the symptom of cervical strain and sprain as described in the ancient literature. It is also related to the following tendon problems like “Jing Wai (tendon deviated)”, “Jing Zhou (tendon in abnormal position)” and “Jing Jie (tendon knotted)”. Considered in the light of the theory of musculo-tendino channels lesions, it was divided as three types: Yangming Type (Unable to turn the neck), Shaoyang type (Uncomfortably holding the neck with pulling sensation when turning the neck) and Taiyang type (tightness and spasm of the muscles in the neck) which is very important for choosing acupoints during the treatment.
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Revised 9/8/2008