Effect of acupuncture treatment on the castric acid secretion / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

This Study was performed to evaluate the effect of acupuncture stimulations on meridian points on gastric function.<br>Gastric juice of healthy volunteers was examined, and the effect of acupuncture stimulations at the trunk and remote positions on the gastric acid output was observed.<br>The followiag results were obtained:<br>1) Gastric juice secretion and acid output were suppressed in basal secretion but facilitated in maximal secretion.<br>2) The variation of gastric function was closely related to the location of stimulation; the effect of stimulation was more conspicuous at remote positions than trunk positions.<br>3) The variations of effect depending on the number of stimulations were conspicuous in remote positions, where a larger effect was obtained, and there was a significant difference in effect between single and consecutive stimulations.

Changing circumstances in the treatment with herb medicines and therapeutic results in our clinic during the past fifteen years / 日本東洋医学雑誌

At the end of 1986, herb medicines were switched over to newly modified preparations, and at the same time the usual dosage was changed from 5g to 7.5g per day. Therapeutic results in our experiences on 1864 diseases seen in 1270 patients during fifteen years were nevertheless rather stable, attaining good and moderate effects in about 60%, fair effect in about 20% and unchanged in about 20% of the cases. This fact might mean that the dosage of 5g per day can be sufficient to obtain satisfactory results especially in the patients with good drug-“Sho” signs correspondence.<br>Better results than the average were obtained in the diseases of common cold, dysmenorrhea, headache, constipation, abdominal pain and piles. The incidence of adverse effects showed decreasing tendency from 2.0 or 2.8% to 1.4% in spite of the increase of usual dosage of herb medicines. Among apparent adverse effects there can be mixed some hyperreactive phenomenon infrequently seen in the cases with excellent drug-“Sho” signs correspondence. In such a case further reduction of dosage would be worthy of trial.<br>Positive treatment of in-patients with herb medicines proved to be of benefit not only to the patients, but also to doctors to attain proficiency in medical performance. Recent good retults obtained among younger patients and wider as well as deeper interest of younger doctors in traditional Oriental medicine could be interpreted as some signs of gradual maturity of social circumstances around Oriental medicine.

The clinical study of acupuncture and time series variation of blood pressure(1). Examination of new serial hemodynamometer / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

The subjects of this study were 13 patients who came to the Juridical Foundation of Oriental Medical Science Techniques Center from September 1986 to February 1987. We measured their blood pressure during one acupuncture therapysession by serial hemodynamometer.<br>(1) Blood pressures tended to fall duringtherapy.<br>(2) The highest blood pressures tended tofall after acupuncture, EAT and massage.<br>(3) After therapy, blood pressure slowly returned to the previous level.<br>We found that it is useful to use certain related therapies to promote the stability of blood pressure.

Effects of acupuncture therapy combined with internal medication. Against hemodialysis patients / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

Twelve patients with chronic renal diseases who underwent hemodialysis in the Oriental Medicine Outpatient Clinic of a general hospital were analyzed. The ratio of female to male patients was high, and patients' ages ranged from 31 to 71 years, with a mean age of 53.3 years. Many patients had been receiving hemodialysis for a relatively long time at a frequency of three times a week in most cases. They thus had to maintain a fixed posture for 4-5h per day several times a week. Underlying diseases were chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy, polycystic kidney and nephrosclerosis. Blood biochemical examination revealed high levels of BUN, CRE and UA, while K, Na, Ca and Pi electrolytes were almost normal. The drug therapy consisted mainly of urate biosynthesis inhibitors and electrolyte metabolism amelioraters. Symptoms resulting from long-term maintenance of a fixed posture and abnormalities in K, Na, Ca and Pi electrolytes included headache, stiffness in the neck and shoulder, pain in the arms, low back pain, pain in the legs and pain in the knee joint. Acupuncture was slightly effective or better in 73.1% of the patients, and none of them showed aggravation.

A Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture on Tinnitus / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

Patients suffering from tinnitus complain of various discomforts such as impatience, insomnia and stiffness in the shoulders and the neck. It is thought that the ear itself and a general disorder of the whole body can cause tinnitus and the more it is a chronic disease, the more it will be intractable.<br>From June 1979 through July 1981 inclusive, 103 patients having tinnitus as a chief complaint were given acupuncture.<br>We classified and analyzed them by such distinction of sex, age, the duration of this complaint, an underlying disease, its signs with a chief complaint and the relation with blood pressure.<br>The effectiveness of acupuncture amounted to 50.4% (effective and very effective=24.2%, comparatively effective=26.2%).<br>The deafness and the abnormality of blood pressure did not relate with the effect of acupuncture. The comparatively newly suffered tinnitus was more curable than the old. Concerning the therapy and the effect, it was found that we were able to use a course of acupuncture (1-10 times) as a check to see if we would make them better.<br>There were patients who showed a good effect just after acupuncture and also had especiall stiffness in the shoulders and the neck with an indefinite complaint. It was an efficacious cure for tinnitus and an indefinite complaint that we gave them a general treatment with common points of the ears.

Observation on The Plethysmogramm of The Allen Test and its Clinical Significance in Cervical Syndrome / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

Among several manual examinations in cervical syndrome, there is a typical test called ‘Allen Test’ connected with hypertonus in the scalene muscles. We evaluated the clinical effectiveness of this test in cervical syndrome.<br>Both the positive group in the Allen test and the healthy group were examined with the plethysmogramm at the finger tips. As a result, in comparison with the healthy group, the positive group showed a low pulse wave. As their syndrome was improved clinically, their pulse wave heights were also improved.<br>It was thought that the Allen test was valuable to both the clinical test in cervical syndrome and the decisive test in a recovery from this syndrome.

Clinical Observation and Therapy for the Lumbago in the Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

1. Summary<br>In most cases the objective of Oriental medicine, in particular acupuncture-moxibustion therapy is, through preventative measures, to contribute to the cure of disease. One representative symptom with which we often come into contact in the acupuncture-moxibustion clinic is lumbago. At this time we'd like to discuss rational, effective counter-measures for lumbago from the point of view of preventative medicine and the therapeutic methods of our clinic and their effectiveness based on the summation of information obtained from 80 lumbago patients who came to this clinic between June, 1979 and Dec., 1980 (22.3% of the total patients during the same period).<br>2. Facts about Lumbago<br>We will report on the actual facts of lumbago such as sex, age and occupational divisions of the patients, the period of progress from the onset of symptoms to the beginning of therapy, direct cause of the lumbago, accompanying diseases, previous experience as well as therapeutic effects and number of treat-ments.<br>3. Observation Tests and Therapeutic Methods of this Clinic<br>We will explain in detail lumbago therapy for nerve based symptoms such as deformative lumbar spondylosis, intervertebral disease, etc., lumbago treatment for muscle and muscle fascia disease and lumbago treatment for disease due to pelvic visceral organ reflex. We will also explain determination of results (comparitive examination of pre-post treatment results).<br>4. Consideration<br>We will discuss the high rate of degenerative emaciation syndrome of the aging phenomenon based on the age configurations of the lumbago patients. We will also present our opinions concerning the clinical meaning of acupuncture-moxibustion as a preventative measure for lumbago.<br>It is important for the lumbago patients, especially for middle or old age patients, to contine the therapy in some period.<br>We will have to undertake to guide the patients the correct pose of body and the daily moderate exercise.

Studies on Clinical Scientific Approach in the Oriental Medicine Diagnosis and Therapy / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

MMPI test was carried out with outpatients with chief complaints of pains. They were divided into two groups of more easily suggestible character and of less easily suggestible character, in terms of the records thus obtained.<br>Five patients were then selected from the two groups, respectively to whom acupuncture and moxibustion were applied. The results were analyzed and evaluated against the clinical results.<br>As a result, it was confirmed that the removal of pains through acupuncture was not based on any suggestions.