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Diferentes sociedades e culturas têm vários conhecimentos sobre as causas das doenças. Normalmente, as pessoas interpretam sua constituição corporal e respondem a fenômenos clínicos com base em conceitos, símbolos e protocolos de diagnóstico que acumularam e internalizaram por meio de suas experiências sociais e culturais. As representações sociais da saúde e da doença estão associadas a percepções da vida e da sociedade em diferentes culturas, o que poderia explicar a reação da sociedade brasileira ao novo conceito de tratamento proporcionado pela cultura da Medicina Tradicional Chinesa (MTC). A globalização tem aprofundado o grau de trocas culturais entre países e novos hábitos chineses ganharam crescente influência no Brasil. Após décadas de assimilação e adoção, a MTC no Brasil evoluiu para um estágio, a nível técnico e cultural, relativamente maduro.

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Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is a broad term, involving the degeneration of intervertebral disc structures and subsequent herniation of disc material in the spinal canal, but also clinical neurological disease due to disc herniation. Spinal cord compression syndrome results in symptoms that can range from local hyperesthesia to rear limbs paralysis and / or genitourinary dysfunction. Depending on the clinical signs and the location of condition, the therapeutic approach varies from conservative to surgical. Classical medicine is often not enough to normalize the patient, which is why alternative methods are recommended, including acupuncture (AP). Following acupuncture in 6 dogs that underwent hemilaminectomy or laminectomy consecutive of thoracolumbar IVDD (Hansen I; Hansen II) the observed effects ranged from insignificant to motor recovery, depending on the degree of spinal cord damage and the involvement of the owners in the post-surgery recovery. The results were generally evident after a few acupuncture sessions and were influenced by the characteristics of each patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This is a case of particularly difficult epilepsy, refractory cryptogenic epilepsy. After the diagnosis by Traditional Chinese Medicine has been proposed acupuncture treatments 3, 2 and once a week; the medication prescribed by the neurologist was maintained. The treatments lasted about 25 months when it directed the treatment for Phlegmfire, the Wind and the Mental. The daily seizures over the months were recorded. The patient condition was analyzed during and after treatment. The results obtained were an overall improvement in the number of seizures, with a decrease to nearly to the half and a marked improvement in the reduction of days with a large number of seizures. The monitoring the records for another 4 months after discontinuation of treatment has shown there was an increase deterioration in the status of the patient. Contacted one year after confirmed to have 1-2 daily crises. Her condition worsened when compared to the last months of treatment, but thus still being better than before started acupuncture. We can conclude that those treatments were very effective as adjuvant treatment to conventional therapy, and such patients should keep the prolonged treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims for a better understanding of the effects of both proximal and distal acupuncture in its relation with vasodilation and vasoconstriction in the circulatory system. It also brings results into context with previous studies that claim acupunture to cause vasoconstriction and consequently to raise blood pressure. This study monitored the blood pressure - before and after procedure - of 24 individuals distributed randomly in three groups. Proximal acupuncture was applied in Group 1 to points 7L, 9L and 6PC. Distal acupuncture was applied in Group 2 to points 6SP, 3K and 39GB. Group 3 - the control group - was not punctured. Needle retention time was ten minutes and the procedure was repeated three times, with one-week intervals. Group 1 saw an increase in diastolic pressure in half of the cases, while sistolic pressure diminished in 75% of the individuals. Group 2 registered a generalized decrease in all three variables (systolic and diastolic pressure, and heart rate). The sistolic pressure went down in 62,5% of the control group, along with an increase in diastolic pressure and decrease in the heart rate of 62,5% of individuals. The finals results don't support the idea of any vascular effect after applying proximal or distal acupuncture. The expected outcome would include an increase in the diastolic pressure in both groups where acupuncture was applied and a decrease on all three variables monitored in the control group, which was not registered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to show the successful treatment in a fibro adenoma case involving acupuncture, herbal medicine and dietetics. The case treated was the one of a 30 year-old patient with several different size nodules (the bigger nodules were 3,6 and 1,6 cm). Imaging studies diagnosed the nodules as a fibro adenoma. The patient underwent 54 treatments involving acupuncture, herbal medicine and dietetics counseling, without the use of any other medicines or surgery. After the first 48 treatments, a new ultrasound study revealed the nodules had reduced to 9 and 7 mm respectively. Further 6 monthly treatments were done, after which the patient was released with total reduction of the nodules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectivos: Rever a evidência disponível sobre a eficácia da acupunctura no tratamento da dor lombar. Fontes de Dados: MEDLINE, National Guideline Clearinghouse, Guidelines Finder, Cochrane Library, DARE, Bandolier, UpToDate e Index de Revistas Médicas Portuguesas. Métodos de Revisão: Realizada pesquisa bibliográfica, em Abril e Maio de 2009, utilizando os termos MeSH acupuncture e low back pain e os termos DeCS acupuntura e dor lombar. Limitou-se a pesquisa a artigos publicados entre Janeiro de 2000 e Maio de 2009, em inglês, espanhol e português. Os estudos foram classificados usando a escala Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT). Resultados: Obtiveram-se 154 artigos, tendo 14 cumprido os critérios de inclusão (6 revisões sistemáticas, 2 meta-análises, 3 ensaios controlados aleatorizados e 3 normas de orientação clínica). As normas de orientação clínica referem que a acupunctura pode ser útil no tratamento da dor lombar. Relativamente à dor lombar crónica inespecífica, as meta-análises, revisões sistemáticas e ensaios demonstraram que a acupunctura é mais eficaz do que a ausência de tratamento e que a associação daquela com a terapêutica convencional é mais eficaz do que a terapêutica convencional isoladamente. Os dados relativos à comparação da acupunctura com placebo e com outros tratamentos não demonstraram que a acupunctura fosse mais eficaz. Na dor lombar aguda os dados são inconclusivos. Conclusões: A acupunctura tem eficácia no tratamento da dor lombar crónica inespecífica, isoladamente ou como co-adjuvante (SORT A); não ficou demonstrado que fosse superior a outros tratamentos. Não foi demonstrada eficácia no tratamento da dor lombar aguda. É importante a realização de estudos de custo-benefício, informação acerca dos terapeutas e aguardar normas mais específicas.

As náuseas e vómitos são dos efeitos secundários mais referidos pelos doentes submetidos a tratamentos com quimioterapia. Estes assumem um impacto negativo na qualidade de vida dos doentes, na medida em que interferem nas actividades de vida diárias; induzem o aparecimento de complicações tais como anorexia e déficits nutricionais, aumentando o índice de morbilidade, com consequências a nível económico e social, e na sobrevida dos doentes. A terapêutica anti-emética utilizada actualmente como profilaxia nos tratamentos de quimioterapia inclui antagonistas dos receptores 5HT3 de 1ª e 2ª geração; corticosteróides; antagonistas dos receptores de dopamina e antagonistas dos receptores NK1. Contudo, apesar dos inúmeros avanços em termos de terapêuticas farmacológicas, as náuseas e vómitos constituem ainda um problema significativo para os doentes submetidos a quimioterapia. A abordagem não farmacológica pode ser uma metodologia complementar à abordagem farmacológica utilizada actualmente. A acupunctura é provavelmente a abordagem mais credível, e que reúne maior consenso no panorama da comunidade médica internacional. Existem poucos estudos que comprovem a eficácia da acupunctura no controlo das náuseas e vómitos induzidos pela quimioterapia. Contudo, os existentes são peremptórios em afirmar a sua eficácia, sendo a mesma aceite em inúmeros países e inserida nos seus sistemas de saúde como uma abordagem alternativa ou complementar. É, contudo, ainda uma prática não reconhecida no nosso Sistema Nacional de Saúde.