02928oam 2200433 450 991082270230332120190911112729.01-299-46277-4981-4452-02-5(OCoLC)840416912(MiFhGG)GVRL8RGO(EXLCZ)99255000000101926120121116h20132013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrAcupuncture theories and evidence /editor, Hong Hai, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeNew Jersey World Scientific2013New Jersey :World Scientific,[2013]�20131 online resource (xxii, 178 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.981-4452-01-7 Includes bibliographical references.Mechanisms of acupuncture in pain : a physiological perspective in a clinical context / Thomas Lundeberg -- Traditionally based systems of acupuncture : their explanatory nature, models, needs and requirements for testing them / Stephen Birch -- The ontological status of meridians / Hong Hai -- Modern scientific explanation of traditional acupuncture theory / Ching-Liang Hsieh -- Cognitive neuroscience, acupuncture and pain treatment, does a sting always hurt? / Konstantina Theodoratou -- Frequent weaknesses in acupuncture trials / Edzard Ernst -- The complexities inherent in placebo-controlled acupuncture studies / Lao Lixing and Zhang Ruixin -- Research methodology in acupuncture / Lee Tat Leang and Zheng Zhen -- The use of placebos in acupuncture trials / Dylan Evans -- Improving the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in acupuncture / Bian Zhaoxiang ... [et al.] -- Acupuncture treatment for addiction / Leung Ping Cheung ... [et al.] -- Dense cranial electroacupuncture stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders : rationale and clinical application / Zhang Zhang-Jin and Man Sui-Cheung.Acupuncture is widely practised in the 21st century in scientifically developed countries for a wide range of ailments ranging from chronic pain, giddiness and high blood pressure to gastrointestinal disorders and sexual dysfunction. Yet the reasons for its vaunted efficacy remain a matter of controversy. In traditional Chinese medical theory, the mechanism of action in acupuncture was understood in terms of the flow of qi and the balance of yin and yang through the body's meridians, a complex network painstaking charted but never found. Modern medical researchers have examined old and new neeAcupunctureAcupuncture.615.8/92Hong Hai1943-MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910822702303321Acupuncture2951498UNINA