[Acupuncture in internal diseases].
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G Kampik
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[Acupuncture for pains of the face and the head is there any reasonable application? (author's transl)].
The physiological bases of the treatment with Acupuncture as well as its practical application in pain therapy were discussed at the meeting of the ORL-Society of Munich on the 4th December, 1976.
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[Acupuncture, Theory and practice].
Trasditional Chinese medicine is based on inductive-synthetic reasoning with regard to all life processes, in contrast to the causal-analytic orientation in our Western medicine. This philosophical approach is based on a system of comparisons (equivalents), referred to as Yin and Yang. Vital functions are seen as "energizing" processes, whereby the acupuncture points and the system of meridians are seen as a means of regulation for this "energy". A disturbed balance in this energy results in illness. The therapy according to the acupuncture method is to acheive a balance in the disturbed flow of energy by means of acupuncture points. By utilizing biophysical methods of measurement, it is possible to prove that a change in this energy takes place. The complex active principle which results in the effectiveness of acupuncture includes neurophysiological, biochemical and biophysical functional processes.
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[Changes of bloodchemical parameters of healthy volunteers under influence of acupuncture (author's transl)].
The influence of acupuncture on some biochemical parameters in blood was investigated in healthy volunteers. These results were compared with two control series. The significant increase especially of free fatty acids concentration must be considered as an effect of acupuncture.
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[Electrical stimulation anaesthesia in abdominal surgery in special consideration of selective proximal vagotomie (author's transl)].
107 abdominal operations were performed using in a combined electrostimulating anaesthesia. Anaesthesia was indued by etomidate (about 15 mg) and fentanly (about 0,2 mg). After administration of pancuronium (5-7 mg) intubation was performed. During continuous intermittent relaxation anaesthesia was maintained by a mixture of nitrous oxide/oxygen 4:2 (in poor risk patients: 3:3) and electrical stimulation at certain body-and ear-points. Electrical stimulation was done using impulse currents with frequencies of 10 to 15 Hz and a current intensity of about 40 mA. During extremly painful periods of operations 30% of the patients showed maximal heart rates and only in 5% of cases did blood pressure exceed preoperative values by about 50%. Especially in poor risk pateints the results of electro-stimulating anaesthesia are excellent. At this time, however, it should not be recommanded as a routine method for general surgery; questions concerning regulating mechanisms need to be answered first.
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