Traditional Chinese Herbs Improve Salivation and Frequent Nighttime Urination in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Conclusion: The much improved parameters of QS, FNU, and ESS for the JPLST group indicate that JPLST may be a potential additional treatment for salivation and FNU in ALS patients. Large-scale multicenter double-blind randomized-control studies are needed to verify the effectiveness of JPLST in improving salivation and FNU in patients with ALS.Integr Med Int 2017;4:31-38 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - March 30, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Dynamic Analysis of Coupled Sawtooth and Rectangle Cellular Neural Networks with Application in HBV Patients' B-Scan Images
Liver damage caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections is diffuse. Live medical images and FibroScan images show that it is inhomogeneous. Modeling and interpreting such phenomena are both important for theoretical research and practical application. The cellular neural networks (CNNs) introduced by Chua and Yang can model widely observed patterns in both nonbiological and biological media. The sawtooth and rectangle (SR) CNN introduced by Chua and colleagues is able to generate SR-shaped patterns for any random-input grayscale patterns, which are also similar to some chronic HBV-infected patients' liver B-scan images. ...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - March 1, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The Brief Theory of Viscus and Its Manifestations in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Integr Med Int 2017;4:13-18 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - February 7, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The Puzzle of the Skin Patterns
Background: The pattern of distribution of skin diseases remains one of the most elusive problems in dermatology, particularly when multiple pathologies are involved and coexistence of patterns is present. Most skin diseases show a predilection for certain body areas and are located in characteristic patterns. Many dermatoses exhibit lesions in a segmental fashion concomitantly with disseminated patterns. Sometimes the sites of predilection are inexplicable.Objectives: The main purpose of this paper is to give an overview on the peculiar arrangement of cutaneous lesions in both congenital and acquired skin disorders as wel...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - December 21, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Advancing the Adoption of Integrative Medicine: A Quick Guide to Publishing Research in < b > < i > Integrative Medicine International < /i > < /b >
Researchers and clinicians in integrative medicine (IM) are well aware that the research and reporting methods they use should be as scientifically rigorous as those used in conventional medicine. To establish the scientific evidence needed to promote the further adoption of traditional medicine (TM) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into healthcare systems worldwide, it is important that doctors of IM publish their findings in English. The English-language, cross-disciplinary journalIntegrative Medicine Internationalaims to publish such work, by focusing on reporting ‘new methods in [TM/CAM] research and ...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - October 26, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Indian PM's International Yoga Day 2016 Advocacy: Trends, Advances and Future Perspectives. June 9-12, 2016, Chandigarh, India: Abstracts
Integr Med Int 2016;3:115-131 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - October 18, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Indian PM's International Yoga Day 2016 Advocacy: Trends, Advances and Future Perspectives
Integr Med Int 2016;3:113-114 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - October 18, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Correlation between Routine Parameters of Digital Rectal Examination and Expressed Prostatic Secretions and Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes of Chronic Prostatitis
Objective: To explore and analyze the correlation of routine parameters of digital rectal examination and expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of chronic prostatitis (CP).Methods: According to features of TCM syndromes, 114 CP patients were divided into four groups: group A (syndrome of dampness-heat pouring downward), group B (syndrome of qi stagnation and blood stasis), group C (syndrome of yin deficiency with effulgent fire), and group D (syndrome of kidney yang deficiency). Data collected by digital rectal examination and EPS were divided into different grades according...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - October 14, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Acupuncture Embedding Complication: Second Report of a Rare Case
Conclusions: The current authors believe that this complication is a kind of aseptic inflammation and there is no need for any invasive procedure.Integr Med Int 2016;3:99-105 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - October 14, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The Development of Integrative Medicine
Integr Med Int 2016;3:96-98 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - October 14, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Evaluation of Movements in Tapping and Tremor from the Viewpoint of the Theory of Chaos and Self-Organization
Chaos in the organization of any human or animal movement has its own parameters in the form of quasi-attractors, and these parameters (quasi-attractors) have a diagnostically significant value. Motor activity of any biological entity in biomechanics consists of a real superposition of voluntary acts (i.e., having a goal and the mechanisms of its implementation) and an obligatory element of chaos when the arbitrary motor activity cannot really be implemented arbitrarily. This paper presents examples of the practical implementation of the parameters of chaos in clinical medicine and their diagnostic value.Integr Med Int 201...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - August 11, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical Effects of a 6-Month Treatment Course of Ibandronate, Vitamin D, and Calcium in Postmenopausal Women from Central America: Results of a Multinational, Prospective Pilot Study
Background/Aims: To explore the effects of ibandronate plus a supplementation of vitamin D and calcium on bone mineral density (BMD) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a sample of postmenopausal women from Central America. Secondarily, factors related to the magnitude of improvements in BMD after treatment were investigated.Methods: Postmenopausal women with idiopathic osteoporosis or at risk of developing it, who were going to start treatment with ibandronate 150 mg once a month plus daily supplementation with vitamin D 400-800 IU and calcium 500-1,000 mg, were followed up for 6 months. BMD, HRQoL (mini-Osteopo...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - August 4, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
A Laser Watch for Simultaneous Laser Blood Irradiation and Laser Acupuncture at the Wrist
Conclusion: < /i > < /b > The laser watch is practicable; however, further research is absolutely necessary before the laser watch is widely used. < br / > Integr Med Int 2016;3:75-81 (Source: Integrative Medicine International)
Source: Integrative Medicine International - July 22, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Advancing the Adoption of Integrative Medicine: A Quick Guide to Publishing Research in Integrative Medicine International
Researchers and clinicians in integrative medicine (IM) are well aware that the research and reporting methods they use should be as scientifically rigorous as those used in conventional medicine. To establish the scientific evidence needed to promote the further adoption of traditional medicine (TM) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into healthcare systems worldwide, it is important that doctors of IM publish their findings in English. The English-language, cross-disciplinary journal Integrative Medicine International aims to publish such work, by focusing on reporting ‘new methods in [TM/CAM] research an...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - July 20, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Kidneys in Oriental and Occidental Medicine
Background: Oriental medicine is based on the 5-phase theory, in which the balance among the 5 viscera - the liver, the heart, the spleen, the lung and the kidney - is important. It is confusing that the viscera in Oriental and Occidental medicine have the same name. Out of the 5 viscera in Oriental medicine, it is the spleen that differs most from that in Occidental medicine. It mainly corresponds to the digestive organs and pancreas and has no relation to the spleen in Occidental medicine, a kind of lymph tissue. On the other hand, the concept of each of the other Oriental viscera includes the corresponding viscus in Occ...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - July 14, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
