• To evaluate the objective effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on unidentified syndrome in a clinical trial using sequential testing. (umin.ac.jp)
  • To evaluate the effects of acupuncture stimulation on the improvement of visual acuity in subjects without refractive change. (umin.ac.jp)
  • To evaluate the preventative effects of acupuncture against common cold and its therapeutic effects after infection. (umin.ac.jp)
  • For example, papers may present data such as the effects of acupuncture on the cardiovascular or nervous systems using blood chemistry, hemodynamics, enzymes, and other biochemical or pathophysiological, Bi-Digital O-Ring Test, nerve conduction velocity, threshold stimulation for pain, somatosensory evoked potentials or any other electro-physiological method that is scientifically acceptable. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • Executive Board Member & Chairman of the Eastern Medicine Advisory Board of the American Association of Integrative Medicine (A.A.I.M. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2014, 12(3): 175-181. (jcimjournal.com)
  • Specialties include Meridian Therapy root treatment in the Shudo and Hari (Kuwahara) styles, Manaka and Miyawaki style extraordinary vessel treatments, rice grain moxibustion, Sotai, and Kampo methodologies. (anshinacupuncture.com)
  • The journal will also consider serious research on any related methods of treatment such as Shiastsu, moxibustion, herbal medicine, and standard and experimental stages of Western medicine, with physiological and pharmacological studies. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • This can be achieved through a variety of practices such as Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, tai chi, moxibustion, and acupressure. (sagepub.com)
  • Thence forward, many institutes or scientific groups have assembled and disassembled, and by around 1950, two groups became the most outstanding in size and quality: Nihon Shinkyu Igaku Kai (日本鍼灸医学会, Japan Society of Medical Acupuncture: JSMA) established in 1948, and the Nihon Shinkyu Chiryo Gakkai (日本鍼灸治療学会, Japan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society: JAMS), established in 1951. (jsam.jp)
  • Acupuncture is an excellent therapeutic method. (bookway-global.com)
  • The journal will accept original basic or clinical research papers, worthwhile reviews on safe and effective therapeutic methods, applications, limitations, theories, or principles of acupuncture and electro-therapeutics, including electro-analgesia or any method of treatment through the application of various types of electric or electromagnetic field stimuli as well as electrical and nonelectrical diagnostic methods. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • There are numerous indications of acupuncture as shown in textbooks or clinical reports. (bookway-global.com)
  • During WCA'93, the Workshop on Clinical Research Methodology on Acupuncture was held. (jsam.jp)
  • It paved the way for the organization of the WHO Working Group on Clinical Research Methodology, which met in Aomori, Japan, in 1994 and developed "Guidelines for Clinical Research on Acupuncture" (WHO Regional Publication, Western Pacific Series No.15, 1995). (jsam.jp)
  • The aim of the journal is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and promotion of basic and clinical research in acupuncture, electro-therapeutics, and related fields. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • Part of this paper was presented at the ICMART XIII World Congress: Medical Acupuncture Science and Techniques , Oct 10th - 12th, 2008, Budapest, Hungary and World Health Organization (WHO) Congress on Traditional Medicine , Nov 7th - 8th, 2008, Beijing, China. (pacificwellness.ca)
  • A part of this paper was presented at WFAS International Acupuncture Congress, cosponsored by World Health Organization, in Beijing, China, Oct. 2007. (pacificwellness.ca)
  • JSMA, chaired by Dr. Kyugo SASAGAWA (笹川久吾) M.D., Ph.D., had as its main objective scientific research on the medical mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion. (jsam.jp)
  • The final goal is to provide a better understanding of both the beneficial and adverse effects of these treatments in order to supplement or improve existing methods of diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases in both Western and Oriental medicine. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • Complementary interventions are used together with conventional treatments, whereas alternative interventions are used instead of conventional medicine. (intechopen.com)
  • Walmart is committing wide-scale consumer fraud and endangering the health of its customers though its sale and marketing of homeopathic medicines … the mega-retailer is deceiving consumers by making no meaningful distinction between real medicine and useless homeopathic treatments on its shelves and in its online store, misrepresenting homeopathy's safety and efficacy. (edzardernst.com)
  • To evaluate the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupuncture point stimulation (TEAS) on decreased intellectual function and activities of daily living in the elderly. (umin.ac.jp)
  • Effect of TEAS (Transcutaneous Electrical Acupuncture Point Stimulation) on intellect and daily activity of the aged. (umin.ac.jp)
  • Acupuncture stimulation improves visual acuity without refractive change. (umin.ac.jp)
  • 6. Basic method of treatment is electro-acupuncture.Stimulation is controlled so as the patient feels comfortable and equal at all points. (bookway-global.com)
  • Traditional Japanese medicine uses most of the Chinese methods, including acupuncture, moxibustion, traditional Chinese herbology, and traditional food therapy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mukaino Y. Acupuncture therapy for obesity using ear needle treatment - analysis of effectiveness and mechanism. (umin.ac.jp)
  • Acupuncture therapy looks like simple and easy. (bookway-global.com)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is considered an important complementary therapy with beneficial effects for cancer patients. (jcimjournal.com)
  • JSAM has provided services to WHO for the development of acupuncture science. (jsam.jp)
  • The present number of registered members of JSAM is approximately 3,200, composed of medical doctors/researchers, acupuncturists, and acupuncture students. (jsam.jp)
  • JSAM, along with the global movement of evidence-based medicine (EBM), adopted a new policy in 1998 to strengthen research activities in the field and several randomized controlled trials (RCT) are now ongoing, under the support of the academic department. (jsam.jp)
  • To facilitate the academic exchange of scientific acupuncture research in the East Asian area, JSAM signed an agreement with the "Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society (KAMS)" and "Korean Oriental Medical Society (KOMS)" on 14 February, 2004. (jsam.jp)
  • 2004 Medical instructor of Kampo Medicine authorized by the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine. (bookway-global.com)
  • During the Heian period, Tanba Yasuyori (912-995) compiled the first Japanese medical book, Ishinpō ("Prescriptions from the Heart of Medicine"), drawing from numerous Chinese texts, some of which have perished later. (wikipedia.org)
  • Advertise new coursework and work to develop new educational programs in the fields of Japanese acupuncture and kampo herbal prescriptions. (anshinacupuncture.com)
  • I believe that this method is one of the easiest methods of acupuncture. (bookway-global.com)
  • Papers not dealing directly with acupuncture, electro-therapeutics, or the related methods of diagnosis or treatment mentioned above will also be considered if they have important implications for either improving diagnostic methods or treatment, or elucidating the underlying principles or the history or medicolegal aspects of these fields. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • Chinese medical practices were introduced to Japan during the 6th century A.D. In 608, Empress Suiko dispatched E-Nichi, Fuku-In and other young physicians to China. (wikipedia.org)
  • TCM does not operate within a scientific paradigm but some practitioners make efforts to bring practices into a biomedical and evidence-based medicine framework. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Firstly, TCM practices are believed by many to be very effective, sometimes offering palliative efficacy where the best practices of Western medicine fail, especially for routine ailments such as flu and allergies , and managing to avoid the toxicity of some chemically composed medicines. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • For centuries to come Japanese Buddhist monks were essential in conveying Chinese medical know-how to Japan and in providing health care for both the elite and the general population. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 753 A.D., the Chinese priest Jianzhen (in Japanese Ganjin), who was well-versed in medicine, arrived in Japan after five failed attempts in 12 years to cross the East China Sea. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 787 A.D., the "Newly Revised Materia Medica" (Xinxiu Bencao, 659 A.D.), which had been sponsored by the Tang Imperial Court, became an obligatory text in the study of medicine at the Japanese Health Ministry, but many of the 844 medicinal substances described in this book were not available in Japan at the time. (wikipedia.org)
  • During the 15th and 16th centuries, Japanese physicians began to achieve a more independent view on Chinese medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1973-78 Studied acupuncture under Dr. MANAKA Yoshio & Dr.TANI Michio at Japanese Association of Eastern Medicine. (bookway-global.com)
  • Treat patients utilizing Japanese acupuncture, herbs, and bodywork. (anshinacupuncture.com)
  • TCM is a form of so-called Oriental medicine, which includes other traditional East Asian medical systems such as traditional Japanese, and Korean medicine. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Although the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by the general population has been surveyed previously, the provision of CAM by Japanese physicians in private clinics has not been studied. (jcimjournal.com)
  • But also, medical texts from the Song and Tang dynasties had an important influence on the Japanese style of Chinese Medicine, which came to be known as Kampo. (naturmed.de)
  • Traditional and complementary medicine regains popularity not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. (intechopen.com)
  • Traditional and complementary medicine, being turned scientifically into evidence-based medicine, will change the medical philosophy and treatment such as individualized and holistic approach. (intechopen.com)
  • Based on his own observation and experience, he compiled a book on internal medicine in eight volumes (Keiteki-shū) and established an influential private medical school (Keiteki-in) in Kyōto. (wikipedia.org)
  • The effect of acupuncture on unidentified syndrome - sequential medical trial. (umin.ac.jp)
  • But there are many barriers for medical doctors, such as concepts and logics and words and techniques of Oriental medicine or too much matters to be memorized like numerous names of acupuncture points and their characters etc. (bookway-global.com)
  • This book is written mainly for medical doctors and dentists who had little or no relation to acupuncture to remove the barriers mentioned above. (bookway-global.com)
  • Its centers of activities were medical colleges in western Japan, i.e. (jsam.jp)
  • Currently used drugs are mostly sourced from traditional medical products such aspirin, which has been developed as a painkiller from quinine and cocaine has been prescribed in modern medicine for a long time. (intechopen.com)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a unique and complex medical practice that is deeply based in Chinese philosophy. (sagepub.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of integrating acupuncture into the routine care of living liver and kidney donors during the process of donation and recovery. (jcimjournal.com)
  • Efforts of human beings to find solutions to the diseases, magic and witchcraft and religious beliefs created the basis of traditional medicine. (intechopen.com)
  • Its quarterly publication, the Zen Nippon Shinkyu Gakkai Zasshi (全日本鍼灸学会雑誌, Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: JJSAM) is widely disseminated. (jsam.jp)
  • In addition, cial unique ideas of Oriental Medicine (such as the relation between LUNG and skin-&-hair) or relation of similarity between ORGAN of Oriental Medicine and anatomical organ bearing different name (such as KIDNEY and adrenal body) are taken into consideration. (bookway-global.com)
  • In 1977, when the two societies cooperated in organizing the Fifth World Conference of Acupuncture of SIA (International Society of Acupuncture, with its head office in Paris), staff members of both societies realized that it would be more beneficial to merge the two groups for the progress of acupuncture science. (jsam.jp)
  • Part of this paper was presented at the symposium: Status of Acupuncture and Moxibustion during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, June 2004. (pacificwellness.ca)
  • Kampo or Kanpō medicine (漢方医学, Kanpō igaku), often known simply as Kanpō (漢方, Chinese medicine), is the study of traditional Chinese medicine in Japan following its introduction, beginning in the 7th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Chinese mythology, the origins of traditional Chinese medicine are traced back to the three legendary sovereigns Fuxi, Shennong and the Yellow Emperor. (wikipedia.org)
  • Traditional medicine is living harmonized with cultural components where any disease information is passed through the generations. (intechopen.com)
  • In fact, TCM is a modern compilation of traditional Chinese medicine. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Much of the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine derived from the same philosophical bases that contributed to the development of Daoist philosophy, and reflects the classical Chinese belief that individual human experiences express causative principles effective in the environment at all scales. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) is notably different from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Walmart sells homeopathics right alongside real medicines, in the same sections in its stores, under the same signs," said Nicholas Little, CFI's Vice President and General Counsel. (edzardernst.com)
  • Mukaino Y, Arakawa K, Tsuneya Y. Comparison between cardia point and lung point on auricular acupuncture. (umin.ac.jp)
  • This is a pilot study on the feasibility of a brief acupuncture intervention for living liver and kidney donors. (jcimjournal.com)
  • Mukaino Y, Arakawa K. Change of taste by ear acupuncture in simple obese patients. (umin.ac.jp)
  • Qualitative feedback from patients was predominantly positive, indicating acupuncture was helpful for relaxation and pain. (jcimjournal.com)
  • JAMS, chaired by Dr. Etsunosuke HIGUCHI (樋口鉞之助) Ph.D., dealt with scientific research on the therapeutical art of acupuncture and moxibustion. (jsam.jp)
  • The journal was established in order to make acupuncture and electro-therapeutics a universally acceptable branch of medicine through multidisciplinary research based on scientific disciplines. (cognizantcommunication.com)
  • A significant portion of our profit each year has been dedicated to acquire new research equipment and other expenses to conduct various research projects in the field of natural medicine. (pacificwellness.ca)
  • Chinese Medicine had reached Japan very early and evolved there in a unique manner. (naturmed.de)
  • The Kampo style that I want to present here is a rather new one, from the 19th and early 20th century, called Ikkan-Do, founded by Mori Dohaku. (naturmed.de)
  • The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) of Japan also felt that the two should be merged for the better administration and control of NGO researchers. (jsam.jp)
  • Universal health insurance system was established in Japan in 1961, and most CAMs are not on the drug tariff. (jcimjournal.com)
  • Kampo medicines represent the most commonly used CAM in private clinics in Japan, and universal national health insurance coverage is considered to be the reason for the high rate of their use. (jcimjournal.com)
  • Alternative medicines : popular and policy perspectives / edited by J. Warren Salmon. (who.int)
  • We aimed to clarify the current status of CAM provided by physicians at private clinics in Japan. (jcimjournal.com)
  • Mukaino Y, Tsuneya Y, Hattori T. Auricular acupuncture for obesity - Concerning the significance of dermal points. (umin.ac.jp)
  • Until 838, Japan sent 19 missions to Tang China. (wikipedia.org)
  • After 12 years of studies in China Tashiro Sanki (1465-1537) became the leading figure of a movement called "Followers of Later Developments in Medicine" (Gosei-ha). (wikipedia.org)
  • Following the active intervention, a retrospective chart review was conducted, using donors who did not receive acupuncture as a comparison cohort. (jcimjournal.com)
  • The principle of every method is completely the same as the principle of electro-acupuncture. (bookway-global.com)
  • Dating [Page 1409] back at least 23 centuries, TCM is based on philosophies that predate modern orthodox medicine. (sagepub.com)