A Traditional Chinese View of Acupuncture for Neurological Disease

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-90
Author(s):  
Mingyuan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Acupuncture Point ◽  
Chinese View

Acupuncture is mainly based on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. There are peripheral nerves and terminals at each acupuncture point. Suggested acupuncture treatment for selected neurological disorders is presented, showing that acupuncture can play a useful role in the neurology department.

scholarly journals Coenzyme Q10, Ageing and the Nervous System: An Overview

Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
David Mantle ◽  
Robert A. Heaton ◽  
Iain P. Hargreaves
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Coenzyme Q10 ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Potential Therapeutic Role ◽  
Ageing Brain ◽  
And Oxidative Stress

The ageing brain is characterised by changes at the physical, histological, biochemical and physiological levels. This ageing process is associated with an increased risk of developing a number of neurological disorders, notably Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. There is evidence that mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress play a key role in the pathogenesis of such disorders. In this article, we review the potential therapeutic role in these age-related neurological disorders of supplementary coenzyme Q10, a vitamin-like substance of vital importance for normal mitochondrial function and as an antioxidant. This review is concerned primarily with studies in humans rather than in vitro studies or studies in animal models of neurological disease. In particular, the reasons why the outcomes of clinical trials supplementing coenzyme Q10 in these neurological disorders is discussed.

The influence of cognitive impairment on health-related quality of life in neurological disease

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex J. Mitchell ◽  
Steven Kemp ◽  
Julián Benito-León ◽  
Markus Reuber
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Mitchell AJ, Kemp S, Benito-León J, Reuber M. The influence of cognitive impairment on health-related quality of life in neurological disease.Background:Cognitive impairment is the most consistent neurological complication of acquired and degenerative brain disorders. Historically, most focus was on dementia but now has been broadened to include the important construct of mild cognitive impairment.Methods:Systematic search and review of articles linked quality of life (QoL) and cognitive complications of neurological disorders. We excluded QoL in dementia.Results:Our search identified 249 publications. Most research examined patients with brain tumours, stroke, epilepsy, head injury, Huntington's disease, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Results suggested that the majority of patients with epilepsy, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, stroke and head injury have subtle cognitive deficits early in their disease course. These cognitive complaints are often overlooked by clinicians. In many cases, the cognitive impairment is progressive but it can also be relapsing-remitting and in some cases reversible. Despite the importance of severe cognitive impairment in the form of dementia, there is now increasing recognition of a broad spectrum of impairment, including those with subclinical or mild cognitive impairment. Even mild cognitive difficulties can have functional and psychiatric consequences–especially when they are persistent and untreated. Specific cognitive deficits such an inattention, dysexecutive function and processing speed may affect a number of quality of life (QoL) domains. For example, cognitive impairment influences return to work, interpersonal relationships and leisure activities. In addition, fear of future cognitive decline may also impact upon QoL.Conclusions:We recommend further development of simple tools to screen for cognitive impairments in each neurological condition. We also recommend that a thorough cognitive assessment should be a part of routine clinical practice in those caring for individuals with neurological disorders.

Acupuncture Therapy for the Treatment of Tobacco Smoking Addiction

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (01n04) ◽  
pp. 107-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Prasaad Steiner ◽  
Donald Lee Hay ◽  
A. William Davis
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Acupuncture Point ◽  
Placebo Treatment ◽  
Sham Acupuncture ◽  
Cigarette Consumption ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Point Selection ◽  
Pre Treatment

Acupuncture has been reported as an effective treatment for some addictions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate acupuncture treatment effect on the cigarette smoking habit with a motivated population in controlled clinical setting. From a volunteer research population, sixteen matched pairs were assembled according to age, sex and severity of smoking habit. Research subjects were randomly assigned to real or sham acupuncture treatment groups. Self-reported cigarette logs were measured pre-treatment and post-treatment. Analysis of variants confirmed homogeneity of group pre-treatment cigarette consumption. Cigarette consumption significantly decreased in both the real and sham treatments groups. Treatment group, age, sex, or severity of smoking habit were not significant factors in treatment effects for cessation of smoking. Legitimate crossover treatment for sham research group showed a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in cigarette consumption; this change was not statistically different from change in cigarette consumption during placebo treatment. A discussion of acupuncture point selection rationale is made as is an analysis of Tehchi sensations and subjective reports of appetite for cigarettes. Acupuncture did not enhance the cessation of cigarette smoking in this study.

Neurological Disorders and Symptoms Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxine Krengel ◽  
Roberta F. White
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Behavioral Symptoms ◽  
Neurologic Disease ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Behavioral Emergencies ◽  
Extensive Clinical Experience

Several neurological syndromes and neurocognitive disorders can result in behavioral and affective symptoms that may be present in an emergent situation or are present in the medical context. Clinicians who see patients with new or unusual behavioral symptoms are often faced with the challenge of determining when patients are in need of follow-up diagnostic evaluation. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the expression of behavioral changes in neurological disease that we have encountered in our own extensive clinical experience. We do not provide an exhaustive review of all disorders or neurocognitive symptoms, but rather focus on common conditions that present frequently in the context of behavioral emergencies. This discussion is aimed at sensitizing clinicians to the possibility of neurologic disease in patients with prominent behavioral symptomatology.

Acupuncture and the Nervous System

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 331-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wuying Cai
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Acupuncture Point ◽  
System A

Acupuncture is based on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. At each acupuncture point, there are peripheral nerves and terminals. Acupuncture will be useful for further understanding of the nervous system. A conceptual view of acupuncture's physiology is presented.

Effect of Acupuncture Stimulation on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Using Silicone Rubber Chambers

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueh-Sheng Chen ◽  
Chun-Hsu Yao ◽  
Ter-Hsin Chen ◽  
Jaung-Geng Lin ◽  
Ching-Liang Hsieh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessel ◽  
Silicone Rubber ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration ◽  
Promoting Effect ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Vessel Area ◽  
Axon Density ◽  
Growth Promoting

The purpose of this study was to determine whether acupuncture could affect the regeneration of a 10-mn gap of rat sciatic nerve created between the proximal and distal nerve stumps, which were sutured into silicone rubber tubes. Empty silicone rubber tubes with no further treatment were used as controls. Six weeks after implantation, the animals received the acupuncture or the electroneedling treatment exhibited a more mature ultrastructural nerve organization with significantly higher numbers in the axon density, the blood vessel area, and the percentage of blood vessel area occupied in total nerve area than the controls. In addition, the electroneedling could combine both the needling and the electrical stimulation to potentiate the nerve-growth promoting effect of the acupuncture treatment. These results showed that acupuncture treatment could elicit positive effects on regenerated peripheral nerves.

scholarly journals Parestesia Expert System! Expert System To Detect Paresthesia (Parestesia Expert System! Sistem Pakar Untuk Mendeteksi Penyakit Parestesia)

KOMTEKINFO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-196
Author(s):  
Yonky Pernando
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
The Body ◽  
Nerve Tissue ◽  
Repetitive Movements ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Apparent Reason

Paresthesia is a condition where the sensation on the skin is abnormal, such as tingling, itching or numbness, for no apparent reason. This condition can occur only temporarily or for a long time (chronic). Bucharestesia can be temporary (temporary) or chronic. Almost everyone has experienced temporary paresthesia. This sensation occurs when nerves are accidentally compressed in certain body positions, such as sitting cross-legged for too long or sleeping with your head on your hands. Temporary paraesthesia will go away on its own when the pressure on the nerves is relieved. However, if the tingling feeling persists even though the pressure has been relieved, then there may be another disease or disorder in the body that is the cause. Chronic paresthesia is often a symptom of a neurological disease or caused by trauma to the nerve tissue. A variety of diseases can cause chronic paresthesia including vitamin deficiency, neurological disorders due to repetitive movements or other diseases. Chronic paraesthesia requires medication and management to heal. However, sometimes chronic paresthesia cannot completely heal even after undergoing treatment even though an expert system is a computer-based system that uses knowledge, facts, and reasoning techniques to solve problems that usually only one person can solve. Expert systems also help their activities as highly experienced assistants. Expert systems can also provide analysis of problems and can also recommend to users some actions to make improvements.

scholarly journals Neurological disorders in Covid-19: clinical involvement and pathophysiological mechanisms

ANALES RANM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 137 (137(02)) ◽  
pp. 209-212
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos García-Moncó
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Retrograde Transport ◽  
Prothrombotic State ◽  
Specific Therapy ◽  
Direct Damage ◽  
Confusional States ◽  
Severe Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Gain Access

The recent COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has conditioned a severe pulmonary disease with multi-system involvement. Recently, a variety of neurological disorders has been associated with this infection, including lack of smell (anosmia), lack of taste (ageusia), headache, myalgias, confusional states (encephalopathies), dizziness, seizures, strokes, and cranial and peripheral nerve palsies. A direct damage by the virus as well as secondary inflammatory and immune mechanisms triggered by the viral infection may be responsible for the nervous system abnormalities. The virus can gain access to the nervous system from the bloodstream and/or through the peripheral nerves in a retrograde transport. There is no specific therapy for these problems, thus treatment is symptomatic and supportive. Oftentimes a prothrombotic state is created during the infection; hence, anticoagulation should be considered in those patients.

The Effect of Acupuncture on the Coronary Arteries as Evaluated by Coronary Angiography: A Preliminary Report

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 387-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kurono ◽  
M. Egawa ◽  
T. Yano ◽  
K. Shimoo
Keyword(s):  
Angina Pectoris ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Acupuncture Point ◽  
Syndrome X ◽  
Acupuncture Stimulation ◽  
Heart Meridian ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Circulatory Disorders ◽  
Coronary Dilation

The Neiguan acupuncture point (EH-6) of the heart meridian is often used for circulatory disorders. To clarify this effect, we measured coronary diameters in patients with angina pectoris following acupuncture stimulation using cardioangiography. Two kinds of acupuncture stimulation, the leaving needle (LN) and the sparrow pecking method (SPM), were employed for this study. No significant differences were found between LN and SPM. Concerning the pattern of coronary reaction, coronary constriction following acupuncture showed a relationship to patients with vasospastic angina. Coronary dilation following acupuncture showed a relationship to patients with Syndrome X. The mean dilatation with acupuncture was 68.8% of that caused by isosorbide dinitrate. These findings may help to clarify the mechanism of acupuncture treatment.

scholarly journals Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System: Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, and Therapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyakam Bhagavati
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
Autoimmune Disorders ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Self Tolerance ◽  
Brain And Spinal Cord ◽  
The Brain

Remarkable discoveries over the last two decades have elucidated the autoimmune basis of several, previously poorly understood, neurological disorders. Autoimmune disorders of the nervous system may affect any part of the nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system, CNS) and also the peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction and skeletal muscle (peripheral nervous system, PNS). This comprehensive overview of this rapidly evolving field presents the factors which may trigger breakdown of self-tolerance and development of autoimmune disease in some individuals. Then the pathophysiological basis and clinical features of autoimmune diseases of the nervous system are outlined, with an emphasis on the features which are important to recognize for accurate clinical diagnosis. Finally the latest therapies for autoimmune CNS and PNS disorders and their mechanisms of action and the most promising research avenues for targeted immunotherapy are discussed.

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