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The Prognostic Value of Traditional Chinese Medicine Symptoms in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Pilot Study.
Conclusions: The combination of 10 TCM symptoms, once onset occurred, including hemiplegia, restlessness, hemianesthesia, short breath, headache, constipation, night sweat, tinnitus, thirsty, and gurgling with sputum, may affect the recovery of motor dysfunction. Furthermore, the improvements of TCM symptoms dynamically after treatment would be observed in a large prospective cohort. This trial is registered with NCT01806233. PMID: 32733577 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - August 1, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

Headache, neck manipulation and stroke: the atlanto‐axial triad
Discussion of neck manipulation generates controversy and raises many questions. To date, the prevailing medical opinion is that upper neck manipulation is unsafe. Many case reports associating neck manipulation with stroke provide good reason not to recommend or submit to upper neck manipulation. Headache is one of the most common conditions treated by manipulating the upper cervical spine where vertebral and internal carotid arteries are most susceptible to injury that may curtail flow of blood to the brain. Physicians and lay persons who have questions about the benefits and dangers of neck manipulation may find this ar...
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 29, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Samuel Homola Tags: Perspective Source Type: research

Headache, neck manipulation and stroke: the atlanto ‐axial triad
Discussion of neck manipulation generates controversy and raises many questions. To date, the prevailing medical opinion is that upper neck manipulation is unsafe. Many case reports associating neck manipulation with stroke provide good reason not to recommend or submit to upper neck manipulation. Headache is one of the most common conditions treated by manipulating the upper cervical spine where vertebral and internal carotid arteries are most susceptible to injury that may curtail flow of blood to the brain. Physicians and lay persons who have questions about the benefits and dangers of neck manipulation may find this ar...
Source: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies - February 29, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Samuel Homola Tags: Perspective Source Type: research

The Effects of Acupuncture on Cerebral and Muscular Microcirculation: A Systematic Review of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Studies.
Authors: Lo MY, Ong MW, Chen WY, Sun WZ, Lin JG Abstract Acupuncture produces physiological effects via stimulating acupoints, proximal or distal to the region of effect. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) noninvasively measures tissue-level hemodynamics in real time. We review the literature investigating the effect of acupuncture on muscular and/or cerebral microcirculation. As the basis, we queried PubMed in June 2014 for articles mentioning both acupuncture and NIRS in title/abstract. The reviewed papers investigated either cerebral (n = 11) or muscular hemodynamics (n = 5) and, based on STRICTA for reporting ac...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - August 1, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

The Prevalence of Neurological Complication after Renal Transplantation
CONCLUSIONS: Headache had the highest incidence (55%) in the nervous system after KT, followed by nervous system CMV infection (38%) and stroke (5%). Nevertheless, due to the inconsistencies in the types of NCs included and the follow-up time, our results might only serve as an epidemiological reference for the specific incidence differences.PMID:35832523 | PMC:PMC9273377 | DOI:10.1155/2022/8763304
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Xiaorong Zhu Liangrong Shen Dan Li Luoning Shi Qing Zhang Source Type: research

Alternative medicine therapies in neurological disorders: Prevalence, reasons and associated factors. A systematic review
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of CAM use in neurological diseases is highly variable (16%-100%); the most used type of CAM was biological therapies and the associated factors were female sex, age between 40 and 50 years old and high socioeconomic level.PMID:36805318 | DOI:10.1016/j.ctim.2023.102932
Source: Complementary Therapies in Medicine - February 22, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Mar ía Soto-Lara Melissa Silva-Loredo Jos é Rodrigo Monroy-Córdoba Paola Flores-Ordo ñez Nelly G Cervera-Delgadillo Paul Carrillo-Mora Source Type: research

Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news

Psychological therapies help reduce headache and non-headache pain in children and adolescents
Commentary on: Eccleston C, Palermo TM, Williams AC, et al.. Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014;5:CD003968. Context Chronic and recurrent pain, especially in the head, abdomen and limbs affects up to 30% of children and adolescents.1 Pain can be severely disabling, disrupting school and social activities and if left untreated, may extend towards adulthood. Increasing evidence shows that psychological factors are pivotal in the transition from acute to chronic disabling pain. As a result, psychological interventions have been ...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - November 19, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Vlaeyen, J. W. S., Gatzounis, R. Tags: Palliative care, Clinical trials (epidemiology), Headache (including migraine), Pain (neurology), Stroke, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Complementary medicine Therapeutics Source Type: research

Extracts from Dendropanax morbifera Leaves Have Modulatory Effects on Neuroinflammation in Microglia.
Abstract Dendropanax morbifera (D. morbifera), a species endemic to Korea, is largely distributed throughout the southern part of the country. Its leaves, stems, roots, and seeds have been used as a form of alternative medicine for various diseases and neurological disorders including paralysis, stroke, and migraine. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie the remedial effects of D. morbifera remain largely unknown. In this paper, extracts from D. morbifera leaves were prepared using ethyl acetate as a solvent (abbreviated as DMLE). The modulatory effects of DMLE on neuroinflammation were studied in a lipo...
Source: The American Journal of Chinese Medicine - February 1, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Shim HJ, Park S, Lee JW, Park HJ, Baek SH, Kim EK, Yu SW Tags: Am J Chin Med Source Type: research

Activation of AMPK by Buddleja officinalis Maxim. Flower Extract Contributes to Protecting Hepatocytes from Oxidative Stress.
Authors: Jung JY, Lee CW, Park SM, Jegal KH, Kim JK, Park CA, Cho IJ, Jung DH, An WG, Ku SK, Zhao R, Kim SC Abstract The Buddleja officinalis Maxim. flower is used in traditional Chinese and Korean medicine to treat inflammation, vascular diseases, headache, and stroke, as well as enhance liver function. This research investigated the effects of B. officinalis Maxim. flower extract (BFE) on hepatotoxicity. The cytoprotective effects and mechanism of BFE against severe mitochondrial dysfunction and H2O2 production in hepatotoxicity induced by coadministration of arachidonic acid (AA) and iron were observed in the He...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - May 8, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

A Review of the Botany, Traditional Use, Phytochemistry, Analytical Methods, Pharmacological Effects, and Toxicity of Angelicae Pubescentis Radix.
Authors: Yang L, Hou A, Wang S, Zhang J, Man W, Guo X, Yang B, Jiang H, Kuang H, Wang Q Abstract Angelicae Pubescentis Radix (AP), as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been used for thousands of years in China. In this paper, the botany, traditional use, phytochemistry, analytical methods, quality control, pharmacological effects, and toxicity of AP were reviewed. It can provide a reference for the further research and lay a foundation for the rational clinical application of AP. The relevant information on AP was collected from scientific databases (such as Baidu Scholar, CNKI, Google Scholar, PubMed, Scie...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - August 25, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

Gastrodin and Vascular Dementia: Advances and Current Perspectives
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2022 Apr 12;2022:2563934. doi: 10.1155/2022/2563934. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTGastrodia elata, a traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used since ancient times to treat diseases such as dizziness, epilepsy, stroke, and memory loss. Gastrodin, one of the active components of Gastrodia elata, has been used in the treatment of migraine, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, dementia, and depression in recent years. It can improve cognitive function and related neuropsychiatric symptoms through various effects and is considered as a promising treatment for dementia. Vascular dementia is a k...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - April 25, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Chujun Deng Huize Chen Zeyu Meng Shengxi Meng Source Type: research