Overview of five-element acupuncture development after returning China / 中国针灸

To introduce the historical origin of five element acupuncture and its development after returning to China, including the domestic inheritance mode, the clinical application, the establishment and operation of the Society of Five Element Acupuncture. This paper analyzed the challenges and opportunities faced by the development of five element acupuncture in China, which provides reference for the further development and expansion of the five element acupuncture.

Effect of acupuncture on the cognitive function of migraine patients with depression/anxiety disorder / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To observe the effect of five-element acupuncture on the cognitive function repair of migraine patients with depression/anxiety disorder.@*METHODS@#The migraine patients with depression/anxiety disorder (19 cases, 5 cases dropped off) were taken as the observation group, and received five-element acupuncture twice a week for 8 weeks. Healthy subjects (19 cases) were selected by demographic data matching as the control group. The cognitive function was evaluated with the event related potential (ERP) technique, and the latency and amplitude of visual evoked potential P300 were adopted as the observation indexes. The headache days (every 4 weeks), headache intensity [visual analogue scale(VAS) score], and headache impact test-6 (HIT-6) score, Hamilton depression scale (HAMD) score and Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA) score were used as the observation indexes for curative effect.@*RESULTS@#Before the treatment, latency of target stimulus at Fz [ (417.5±34.3) ms] in the observation group was extended compared with the healthy subjects of the control group [(388.6±42.1) ms, @*CONCLUSION@#There are some cognitive impairments in migraine patients with depression/anxiety disorder. Five-element acupuncture not only relieves headache, anxiety and depression effectively, but also improves the activation level of the frontal lobe. It significantly repairs the impaired cognitive function.

Exploration of five-element acupuncture that focused on "treating spirit" in diagnosis and treatment of difficult diseases / 中国针灸

This paper focused on "treating spirit" in acupuncture based on the problems and needs in the diagnosis and treatment of difficult diseases, and discussed the diagnosis and treatment of difficult diseases with five-element acupuncture from six aspects: ① integration of soma and spirit in TCM, give top priority to "treating spirit" in acupuncture treatment; ②inadequate understanding of "treating spirit" in conventional acupuncture clinic; ③five-pattern personality and "treating spirit" with acupuncture; ④ five-element acupuncture and holism of correspondence between man and universe; ⑤searching for the primary cause of disease in treatment and motivating self-healing power by five-element acupuncture; ⑥advantages and methods of five-element acupuncture in "treating spirit". It shows that five-element acupuncture can be used to inspire new ideas of diagnosis and treatment of difficult diseases in acupuncture clinic.