Efficacy of Guanqiao Zhengqi holistic therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis / 中国基层医药

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of Guanqiao Zhengqi holistic therapy in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. Methods:A total of 200 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who received treatment in the Department of Otolaryngology, Shanxi Provincial Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Hospital ( n = 72) and Shanxi Yishengtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Center ( n = 128) from January 2021 to January 2022 were included in this study. These patients were randomly assigned to undergo treatment either with mometasone furoate nasal spray and levocetirizine hydrochloride tablets (control group, n = 100) or Guanqiao Zhengqi holistic therapy combined with mometasone furoate nasal spray and levocetirizine hydrochloride tablets (observation group). All patients were treated for 4 weeks and followed up for 3 months. Clinical efficacy, modified Visual Analogue Scale score, Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scoring system score, and duration of glucocorticoid and anti-leukotriene use were compared between the two groups. Results:The total response rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [92.00% (92/100) vs. 73.00% (73/100), χ2 = 18.45, P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the modified Visual Analogue Scale score between the two groups before treatment ( Z = 1.37, P = 0.170). There was a significant difference in the modified Visual Analogue Scale score between the two groups after treatment ( Z = -5.27, P < 0.001). Before treatment, there was no significant difference in the Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scoring system score between the two groups ( Z = -1.65, P = 0.098) and the Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scoring system score differed significantly between the two groups after treatment ( Z = -6.03, P < 0.001). The duration of glucocorticoid and anti-leukotriene use in the observation group was significantly shorter than that in the control group [10.00 (10.00, 14.00) days vs. 42.00 (28.00, 70.00) days, 7.00 (7.00, 7.00) days vs. 21.00 (14.00, 26.25) days, Z = -11.27, P < 0.001, Z = -12.31, P < 0.001). Conclusion:Based on the conventional treatment with western medicine, Guanqiao Zhengqi holistic therapy for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis can effectively reduce clinical symptoms, reduce the dose of hormones and anti-leukotriene used, shorten the use cycle, and improve the therapeutic efficacy.

Reiki as nursing care to people in mental suffering: an integrative review / Reiki como cuidado de enfermería a las personas en sufrimiento psíquico: revisión integrativa / Reiki como cuidado de enfermagem às pessoas em sofrimento psíquico: revisão integrativa

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the scientific evidences of the use of Reiki as a care strategy to people in mental suffering. Methods: Integrative review in the databases PubMed, Scielo, Web of Science, and BVS. The study included articles in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, with no time restriction, which answer to the guiding question that was created in accordance to the PICo strategy: "What are the scientific evidences on the use of Reiki as a care strategy to people in mental suffering?" Gray literature was not considered. Results: Ten articles made up the final sample. The use of the Reiki therapy had benefits as a strategy to care for stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, pain relief, and quality of life improvements, whether the therapy was used isolated or to complement other treatments. Conclusion: The development of the competence of nurses and other health professionals in the use of Reiki can contribute to improve the quality standards of care.

RESUMEN Objetivo: Analizar evidencias científicas del uso del Reiki como estrategia de cuidado a las personas en sufrimiento psíquico. Métodos: Revisión integrativa en las bases de datos PubMed, Scielo, Web of Science y BVS. Incluidos artículos en inglés, portugués y español, sin restricción cuanto al año de publicación, que respondieran a la interrogación con uso de la estrategia PICo: "¿Cuáles las evidencias científicas sobre el uso del Reiki como estrategia de cuidado a la persona en sufrimiento psíquico?". Resultados: Diez artículos compusieron la muestra final. El uso del Reiki presentó beneficios como estrategia de cuidado en el estrés, ansiedad, síntomas depresivos, alivio del dolor y mejora en la calidad de vida, sea la terapia utilizada de forma aislada o complementar a otro tratamiento. Conclusión: El desarrollo de competencias de los enfermeros y demás profesionales de salud utilizando el Reiki contribuye para la mejoría de los estándares de calidad de los cuidados.

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar as evidências científicas do uso do Reiki como estratégia de cuidado às pessoas em sofrimento psíquico. Métodos: Revisão integrativa nas bases de dados PubMed, Scielo, Web of Science e BVS. Foram incluídos artigos em inglês, português e espanhol, sem restrição quanto ao ano de publicação, que respondessem à pergunta condutora construída com uso da estratégia PICo: "Quais as evidências científicas sobre o uso do Reiki como estratégia de cuidado à pessoa em sofrimento psíquico?" A literatura cinzenta foi excluída. Resultados: Dez artigos compuseram a amostra final. O uso da terapia Reiki apresentou benefícios como estratégia de cuidado no estresse, ansiedade, sintomas depressivos, alívio da dor e melhora na qualidade de vida, seja a terapia utilizada de forma isolada ou complementar a outro tratamento. Conclusão: O desenvolvimento de competências dos enfermeiros e demais profissionais da saúde utilizando o Reiki contribui para a melhoria dos padrões de qualidade dos cuidados.

Holistic therapy of advanced non-small cell lung / 国际肿瘤学杂志

Holistic therapy of cancer is helping to design more effective cancer therapies by combination individual properties (such as performance status,histological types and molecular types) and novel clinical results.Holistic therapy in oncology reflects individual,precision,whole course and real-time treatment strategy,and includes sequential,synchronizational,interval and metronomic therapy models.Holistic therapy in oncology would be help in selecting appropriate choices for patients and clinic doctors.

Holistic therapy of advanced non-small cell lung / 国际肿瘤学杂志

Holistic therapy of cancer is helping to design more effective cancer therapies by combination individual properties (such as performance status,histological types and molecular types) and novel clinical results.Holistic therapy in oncology reflects individual,precision,whole course and real-time treatment strategy,and includes sequential,synchronizational,interval and metronomic therapy models.Holistic therapy in oncology would be help in selecting appropriate choices for patients and clinic doctors.

Non pharmacological treatments for psychological and behavioural disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI). A systematic literature review and expert opinion leading to recommendations.

INTRODUCTION: The non pharmacological approach is an important issue in the treatment of psychological and behavioural disorders in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. It remains nevertheless insufficiently known and defined. The objective of this work was to develop precise recommendations for caregivers and relatives. METHOD: The elaboration of these guidelines followed the procedure validated by the French health authority for good practice recommendations, close to the Prisma statement, involving a systematic, critical review of the literature and the expert opinions of the French Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (SOFMER) group. RESULTS: 458 articles were identified, among which 98 were selected for their relevance to the theme of the research. None of the studies reached the highest level of evidence. Fifteen controlled studies reached a relatively high level of evidence (level 2); other studies were case series or expert opinions, and other articles again were reviews of the literature and theoretical points of view. The holistic approach structured into programmes, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and family and systemic therapy, despite the low levels of proof, are recommended in first intention at all stages in the evolution of TBI. Relational and adaptive approaches, rehabilitation and vocational approaches, and psychoanalytical therapies may be useful, provided that therapists are familiar with and trained in traumatic brain injury. CONCLUSION: Despite the small number of publications and a low level of proof, a number of recommendations for the non-pharmacological approach to psychological and behavioural disorders in TBI is proposed by the consensus conference of experts. Scientific research in this domain is needed to confirm and complete these first recommendations.

Herbal versus synthetic drugs; beliefs and facts.

Herbal therapy is a holistic therapy, integrating emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Life style, emotional, mental and spiritual considerations are part of any naturopathic approach. The use of herbs does not generally involve "drug" actions or adverse effects. Although medicinal plants are widely used and assumed to be safe, however, they can potentially be toxic. Where poisoning from medicinal plants has been reported, it usually has been due to misidentification of the plants in the form, in which they are sold, or incorrectly preparation and administration by inadequately trained personnel. There are some "drug like" plants remedies that their actions approach that of pharmaceuticals. Herbalists use these plants in treatment strategies and in countries such as Britain their vast availability is restricted by law. Digitalis is one of these examples and the number of these plants is not a lot. The mechanisms by which the herbs generally act are not established, however, most of medicinal plants possess antioxidant activities. The plants have been shown to effective by this property is various conditions including cancer, memory deficit and Alzheimer, atherosclerosis, diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases. Antioxidant activities of herbal medicines are also effective in reducing the toxicities of toxic agents or other drugs.

Targeted Gene Therapy of Cancer: Second Amendment toward Holistic Therapy.

It seems solid tumors are developing smart organs with specialized cells creating specified bio-territory, the so called "tumor microenvironment (TME)", in which there is reciprocal crosstalk among cancer cells, immune system cells and stromal cells. TME as an intricate milieu also consists of cancer stem cells (CSCs) that can resist against chemotherapies. In solid tumors, metabolism and vascularization appears to be aberrant and tumor interstitial fluid (TIF) functions as physiologic barrier. Thus, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and gene therapy often fail to provide cogent clinical outcomes. It looms that it is the time to accept the fact that initiation of cancer could be generation of another form of life that involves a cluster of thousands of genes, while we have failed to observe all aspects of it. Hence, the current treatment modalities need to be re-visited to cover all key aspects of disease using combination therapy based on the condition of patients. Perhaps personalized cluster of genes need to be simultaneously targeted.

O significado da psicologia e da terapia holística para terapeutas holísticos graduados em psicologia / The meaning of psychology and holistic therapy to holistic therapists graduated in psychology / El significado de la psicología y terapía holística para terapeutas holísticos graduados en psicología

A terapia holística é uma prática recente no campo terapêutico e por vezes utilizada também por psicólogos, apesar de não ser reconhecida como cientificamente válida. Na presente pesquisa, pretendeu-se investigar junto a terapeutas que recorrem às práticas holísticas, mas que também são graduados em psicologia, os significados que eles atribuem tanto à terapia holística quanto à psicologia e os motivos de suas escolhas pela terapia holística - sendo que eles podem ter optado por continuar como psicólogos ou não. Os participantes demonstraram unir a psicologia e a terapia holística nas suas práticas e adotar profissionalmente uma ética pessoal em oposição ao Código de Ética Profissional dos Psicólogos por questionarem este e os parâmetros científicos na psicologia.(AU)

The holistic therapy is a recent practice on the therapeutic field and sometimes is used also by psychologists, despite of not being recognized as scientific. In this research, it was intended to investigate with therapists that use holistic practices, but that are also graduated in psychology, the meanings that they attribute to holistic therapy and to psychology and the motives of their choice for holistic therapy - considering that they may or may not have chosen continuing as psychologists. The participants showed that they join psychology and holistic therapy and adopted a personal ethic in opposition to the Psychologists' Professional Ethic Code because they disagree with it and with the scientific parameters in psychology.(AU)

La terapia holística es una práctica reciente en el campo psicoterapéutico. Algunas veces es también utilizado por los psicólogos, aunque que no reconocida como científicamente válida. En esta investigación, tratado de investigar con los terapeutas que recurren a prácticas holísticas, pero que también son licenciados en psicología, los significados que atribuyen a la psicología y la terapia holística y las razones de su elección por parte de la terapia holística - y puede haber elegido para continuar como psicólogos o no. Los participantes mostraron que unen la psicología y la terapia holística en sus prácticas y adoptan una ética personal, en oposición al Código de Ética de los psicólogos profesionales porque cuestionan esto y los parámetros científicos en la psicología.(AU)

O significado da psicologia e da terapia holística para terapeutas holísticos graduados em psicologia / The meaning of psychology and holistic therapy to holistic therapists graduated in psychology / El significado de la psicología y terapía holística para terapeutas holísticos graduados en psicología

A terapia holística é uma prática recente no campo terapêutico e por vezes utilizada também por psicólogos, apesar de não ser reconhecida como cientificamente válida. Na presente pesquisa, pretendeu-se investigar junto a terapeutas que recorrem às práticas holísticas, mas que também são graduados em psicologia, os significados que eles atribuem tanto à terapia holística quanto à psicologia e os motivos de suas escolhas pela terapia holística - sendo que eles podem ter optado por continuar como psicólogos ou não. Os participantes demonstraram unir a psicologia e a terapia holística nas suas práticas e adotar profissionalmente uma ética pessoal em oposição ao Código de Ética Profissional dos Psicólogos por questionarem este e os parâmetros científicos na psicologia...

The holistic therapy is a recent practice on the therapeutic field and sometimes is used also by psychologists, despite of not being recognized as scientific. In this research, it was intended to investigate with therapists that use holistic practices, but that are also graduated in psychology, the meanings that they attribute to holistic therapy and to psychology and the motives of their choice for holistic therapy - considering that they may or may not have chosen continuing as psychologists. The participants showed that they join psychology and holistic therapy and adopted a personal ethic in opposition to the Psychologists' Professional Ethic Code because they disagree with it and with the scientific parameters in psychology...

La terapia holística es una práctica reciente en el campo psicoterapéutico. Algunas veces es también utilizado por los psicólogos, aunque que no reconocida como científicamente válida. En esta investigación, tratado de investigar con los terapeutas que recurren a prácticas holísticas, pero que también son licenciados en psicología, los significados que atribuyen a la psicología y la terapia holística y las razones de su elección por parte de la terapia holística - y puede haber elegido para continuar como psicólogos o no. Los participantes mostraron que unen la psicología y la terapia holística en sus prácticas y adoptan una ética personal, en oposición al Código de Ética de los psicólogos profesionales porque cuestionan esto y los parámetros científicos en la psicología...

Studies on the holistic therapy of psoriasis / 解放军医学杂志

As a common and frequently encountered dermatosis, psoriasis has been attracted the attention of dermatologists worldwide. In the past 30 years, radioimmunoassay, immunohistochemistry and molecular biological techniques were employed to determine the holistic levels of neuro immune protein (NIP), cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), and cAMP/cGMP ratio in epidermis and dermis and body fluid (blood and urine), as well as the expression status of CD44, heat shock proteins (HSP) and nerve growth factor (NGF) in skin lesions of the patients with psoriasis and the healthy volunteers. The regulating function of autonomous nervous system was examined by analyzing the variability of heart rate (HRV). In addition, the sleeping status of psoriasis patients was compared with that of normal subjects by polysomnography. Furthermore, a series of surveys from the psychological prospect, including type A personality, depression, anxiety disorders and stressful life events, were performed among psoriasis patients. All the basic researches and clinical studies listed above have indicated that psoriasis is a kind of psychosomatic disease; and psoriatic patients are suffering from a maladjustment of the holistic regulating function in different degrees. It has been proved in the long-term clinical practices that the side effect of the total medicinal therapy exceeds the positive effect. It is recommended that great efforts should be given to provide the patients with effective cognitive education and psychological therapy. As a result, patients can release their tense and mental pressure by themselves. In summary, on the basis of a safe and simple medication therapy and well adjustment of holistic status, psoriasis patients can achieve satisfactory effect, prolonged duration of remission and improved their quality of life.