针灸应用于肿瘤诊治的概况

肿瘤是一种危害人类健康的常见病,尤其是恶性肿瘤严重威胁着人类的生命,攻克癌症已成为本世纪全世界医务工作者的最大课题。近十年来人们饶有兴趣地将古老的针灸医学应用到肿瘤的辅助诊断与治疗,取得了一些进展,为肿瘤的治疗提供了有利的条件。但这些工作尚处于探索阶段,需进一步深入研究,为此笔者将有关文献资料进行综述。     

老年痴呆症的中医疗法

老年痴呆症是指60岁以上的老人因大脑器质性病变或持续代谢性损害而出现的感知、记忆、抽象概括能力和创造性思维能力等的严重衰退。临床上许多疾病都可表现有痴呆,最常     

美国针灸师执业安全和法律风险防范

针灸在美国的合法化以及医疗保险制度的完善促使赴美针灸师的数量急速增长。同时,初到美国的针灸师执业过程中的安全问题及面临的潜在的法律风险也浮出水面。通过对相关法律法规的研究和美国针灸资深人士访谈内容的整理,总结出赴美中医师在执业过程中需要加以注意的事项。如缺乏对患者权利的充分认识无意中造成对患者隐私的侵犯;没有给予患者诊前必要的告知和提示,让其享有对治疗方案的知情权和自我决策权;超出执业所在州的法律规定的执业范围,不重视诊前对非针灸适应证的排查,缺乏危机事件中的应急管理经验,以及非常规医疗环境中的风险防范意识等。提示针灸师严格遵守相应的法律和职业道德规范,以确保安全执业,降低职业风险。     

以健康信念模式分析美国"针灸热"之兴起与可持续性发展

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莱姆病的中医诊疗思路探讨

莱姆病(Lyme disease)又叫蜱媒螺旋体病(tick borne spirochetesis),或莱姆疏螺旋体病(Lyme borreliosis),是一种自然疫源性疾病,由蜱作为媒介叮蜇而感染伯道疏螺旋体(Borrelia burgdorferi-Bb)所致,主要的临床表现为移行性红斑、流感样症状及神经肌肉关节、心脏等多系统的损害.本病常因误诊或漏诊而误治,西医抗生素治疗对于慢性期患者疗效差,病情可迁延不愈,有报道其致残率为60%[1]429,给患者带来极大痛苦.     

358例神经系统疾病舌象临床观察与分析

本文作者临床观察了358例神经系统疾病舌象变化,结果认为青紫舌以中风、震颤麻痹、脊髓病变、脑瘤为主,脑瘤腻苔最多,中风和震颤性麻痹剥苔最多,裂纹舌以震颤麻痹最多,Ⅲ级舌下静脉以脑瘤、中风最多。文章分析认为,舌象变化与神经系统疾病的病因病机密切相关。     

108例中风偏瘫针刺疗效与CT扫描关系之分析

中风徧瘫是神经科的常见病症,也是针灸科临床的有效病证,但也发现一些中风偏瘫患者针刺疗效较为悬殊的现象,为此,作者回顾分析了本院住院的108例中风偏瘫患者的针灸治疗临床资料,并以CT扫描结果与针刺疗效进行对比观察,探索其内在规律.