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BASIC SCIENCE: THERAPEUTIC MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE
Reviews and Synthetic Models
Andersson, S., Lundeberg, T. “Acupuncture--from Empiricism to Science:
Functional Background to Acupuncture Effects in Pain and Disease.”
Medical Hypotheses (1995) 45, 271-281.
Kaptchuk, T. "Acupuncture: Theory, Efficacy, and Practice."
Annals of Internal Medicine. Vol. 136, No. 5, (2002), pp. 374-383.
Kendall, Donald E. The Dao of Chinese Medicine: Understanding An Ancient
Healing Art. Oxford University Press, New York, (2002).
Reichmanis, M., Ph.D., Becker, R.O., M.D.. "Physiological Effects
of Stimulation at Acupuncture Loci: A Review." Comparative Medicine
East and West. Vol. VI, No. 1 pp. 67-73.
Shang, Charles, M.D. “Electrophysiology of growth control and acupuncture.”
Life Sciences, Vol. 68, 1333-1342, 2001.
Shang Charles, M.D. "Emerging Paradigms in Mind-Body Medicine."
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 7(1) (2001), pp.
83-91.
Ulett, George A., Han, Songping, and Han, Ji-sheng. “Electro-acupuncture:
Mechanisms and Clinical Applications.” Biological Psychiatry, 1998;
44:129-138.
Basic Studies
Cho, Z.H. et. al. "New findings of the correlation between acupoints
and corresponding brain cortices using functional MRI." Proc. Natl.
Acad.. Sci.USA. Vol. 95, pp. 2670-2673 (1998).
Hui, Kathleen K.S. et.al. "Acupuncture Modulates the Limbic System
and Subcortical Gray Structures of the Human Brain: Evidence From fMRI
Studies in Normal Subjects." Human Brain Mapping 9:13-25 (2002).
Langevin, H.M., et. al.,"Mechanical signaling through connective
tissue: a mechanism for the therapeutic effect of acupuncture." The
FASEB Journal, Vol. 15 (2001), pp. 2275-2282.
Langevin, HM, Yandow J. "Relationship of Acupuncture Points and Meridians
to Connective Tissue Planes." The Anatomical Record (New Anat.) 269:257-265
(2002).
Wu, M.T., M.D., et.al. Central Nervous Pathway for Acupuncture Stimulation:
Localization of Processing with Functional MR Imaging of the Brain—Preliminary
Experience. Radiology 1999; 212: 133-141
Zhang, WT et. al. "Relations between brain network activation and
analgesic effect induced by low vs. high frequency electrical acupoint
stimulation in different subjects: a functional magnetic resonance imaging
study." Brain Research 982 (2003) pp. 168-178.
Zhang, WT et. al. "Evidence from brain imaging with fMRI supporting
functional specificity of acupoints in humans." Neuroscience Letters
354 (2004) 50-53.
CLINICAL EFFICACY,
INDICATIONS, AND SAFETY
Public Reviews and Recommendations
Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials,
World Health Organization, 1996, ISBN 92 4 154543 7. Available on-line
at: http://www/who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/acupuncture_trials.pdf
NIH Consensus Statement. Acupuncture. Nov. 1997. 15(5): 1-34.
Meta-analyses and Systmatic Reviews
Berman, Brian M., M.D. “Clinical Applications of Acupuncture: an
Overview of the Evidence.” Kaptchuk, T. "Acupuncture: Theory,
Efficacy, and Practice." Annals of Internal Medicine. Vol. 136, No.
5, (2002), pp. 374-383.
Kaptchuk, T. "Acupuncture: Theory, Efficacy, and Practice."
Annals of Internal Medicine. Vol. 136, No. 5, (2002), pp. 374-383.
Clinical Trials, Systematic Reviews, and Meta-analysis: Acupuncture and
Electro-acupuncture for Specific Conditions
As of May 2004, a search of PubMed yields citations for over 1,000 clinical
trials of acupuncture for specific conditions.
Moxibustion
Cardini F and Weixin H. “Moxibustion for Correction of Breech Presentation:
A Randomized Controlled Trial.” Journal of the American Medical Association,
November 1998, Vol. 280, No. 18, pp. 1580-1584.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES:
Therapeutic Mechanisms, Clinical Efficacy, Prevalence, Utilization, History,
etc.
Current Bibliographies in Medicine: Acupuncture Jan 1970 through Oct 1997,
2302 citations. National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda.
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