HealthCMi, 13
January 2014
New
research discovers acupuncture and moxibustion effective for the treatment of
knee osteoarthritis. A combination of acupuncture and moxibustion was
discovered more effective than an injection-supplement combination. The
researchers concluded that acupuncture was both safe and effective. In
addition, acupuncture and moxibustion showed long term results.
Acupuncture
points were chosen based on local pain indications and syndrome
differentiation. Both local and distal acupuncture were applied on the affected
acupuncture meridians. Acupuncture was applied to UB23 (BL23, Shenshu) and
local Ah Shi points with lifting, thrusting and rotating techniques.
Reinforcing and reducing methods were applied according to differential
diagnostics. Moxibustion was applied with a moxa stick over local painful sites
following acupuncture. Acupuncture was applied once per day for 5 days
comprising 1 session. A two day break between a total of 2 sessions was given.
Another
group did not received acupuncture but instead received a treatment of oral
supplements and injections. In a comparison of the two groups, acupuncture was
found significantly more effective in the long-term relief of knee pain due to
osteoarthritis over the supplement/injection group. The second group received
oral administration of glucosamine sulfate combined with knee joint cavity
injections. The injections included sodium hyaluronate and triamcinolone
acetonide acetate.
The results
of this study demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion
for the treatment of knee pain are consistent with a recent meta-analysis of 14
randomly controlled trials involving a total of 3,835 patients. The
meta-analysis published the following conclusion, “Acupuncture provided
significantly better relief from knee osteoarthritis pain and a larger
improvement in function than sham acupuncture, standard care treatment, or
waiting for further treatment.” The study documented that acupuncture for the
treatment of knee osteoarthritis is “better at relieving pain and restoring
function” than both conventional biomedical care and sham acupuncture.”
References:
Xu, L., L.
Jing, K. He, J. L. Wang, and Y. Wang. "[Treatment of knee osteoarthritis
with acupuncture and moxibustion: a randomized controlled trial]."
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Gao J,
Ouyang BS, Zhang Y, Li J, Yang HZ, Ji LL, Wu YJ, Wang W. Department of
Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Suzhou Hospital of TCM, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province,
China.
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"... About Innate
What is innate? Where is it? This is difficult to explain. We told, you dear Human Being, that the elusive Akash information is not in your brain either. You cannot go to your brain to find out who you used to be in a past life. The innate is the same. It's not in your brain, but instead it's in every cell of your body and every molecule of your DNA. The difference between innate and the Akash is that innate is on top (a linear concept for you), and it is always broadcasting, always there. If you know how to listen to it and where it is, you can tune in. Muscle-testing is one way of knowing, a very basic way. Some of you also know that innate responds to acupuncture. Did you know that? Your brain does not.
The Merkabah - Innate's Quantum Field
Innate is aware of all things at the cellular level and is broadcasting all the time. It broadcasts so well that it flows into that which you call the Merkabah of the body. Now, the Merkabah is a quantum field around your body that pulses very strongly with esoteric information, including corporeal health. Many have the ability to see and read this field.
A medical intuitive can stand before you in various degrees of success and read the messages from your innate. This intuitive person does not have to muscle-test to know you've got something going on within your cells. They can see it or sense it within the field around your body. Now, you may have thought that a medical intuitive is looking at your liver or your heart, doing some kind of analysis. That's very linear thinking and is not what is happening. That's your box of belief working overtime. Instead, the medical intuitives are sensing the quantum energy within your field that your innate is broadcasting about your health, of what's going on in the chemistry, and of what might be developing inside you. It's different than you thought, isn't it? That's the innate and that's only one of the things that innate does. ..."
"... The Second Brain
Innate does so many things for you! Some of you are starting to get a bigger picture of where I'm going with this discussion. Here is a concept that we've not really broached before. We're going to give it a name, but please do not misunderstand it. You only have one word for your intelligent control center, and the word is called brain. So we are going to give you a concept that the innate is your second brain. It doesn't function like your first one at all, but it is smart and it is intelligent and it knows what you need. Sometimes it can even replace a function that your logical brain normally does. ..."
Innate does so many things for you! Some of you are starting to get a bigger picture of where I'm going with this discussion. Here is a concept that we've not really broached before. We're going to give it a name, but please do not misunderstand it. You only have one word for your intelligent control center, and the word is called brain. So we are going to give you a concept that the innate is your second brain. It doesn't function like your first one at all, but it is smart and it is intelligent and it knows what you need. Sometimes it can even replace a function that your logical brain normally does. ..."
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