ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2014
Can tongue acupuncture enhance body acupuncture? First results from heart rate variability and clinical scores in patients with depression.
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- Acupuncture is effective in improving functional communication in post-stroke aphasia : A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2019Pooled it
- Acupuncture for depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Influence of Acupuncture on Autonomic Balance in Adult Tinnitus Patients: An Exploratory Study.Current medical science · 2019Trial
- The relationship between liver function and neurophysiological factors in depressed individuals: a cross-sectional study using an integrated "East meets West" medicine approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Acupuncture Treatment Reduces Incidence of Parkinson's Disease in Patients With Depression: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2020Article
- High-Tech Acupuncture for Prevention of Lifestyle Diseases-A Sino-Austrian Cooperation Research Protocol on Heart Rate Variability.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Article
- Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2014.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014Article
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Abstract
Tongue acupuncture (TA) is a method which is not used in western medicine and even in China it is applied very rarely in clinical practice. This study aimed at investigating whether additional TA can improve the efficacy of body acupuncture (BA) in patients with depression. Twenty patients with a mean age of ± SD of 42.9 ± 11.2 years were randomly divided into two groups (n = 10 patients each), one group receiving BA (Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Neiguan, Shenting, Yintang, and Baihui) and the other receiving BA and TA (Liver, Heart, and Brain). The quantitative and qualitative outcome measures were heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), and different clinical scores. We found that in both groups all scores and HR improved significantly, whereas HRV increased partly significantly. It seems that TA can enhance acute and treatment effects of BA in patients with depression. The investigation of de qi sensation in TA needs further attention.
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