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The most studied such treatment, acupuncture, has demonstrated no benefit as an adjunct analgesic in cancer pain. The evidence for music therapy is equivocal, and some herbal interventions such as PC-SPES, mistletoe, and saw palmetto are known to be toxic to some cancer patients.
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before receiving its current name in 2014. [1]
For example, in a study done on musculoskeletal pain acupuncture treatment, researchers use the term “Western Acupuncture”, which is defined as the acupuncture practices that are evidence based [7]. This term also removes the cultural connotations that are used in acupuncture such as "qi", or "primordial energy" [8].
Acupuncture is the practice of applying tiny needles to specific areas in the body to relieve pain and restore energy flow. In 2020, Medicare began covering acupuncture as a treatment for lower ...
Acupuncture practitioners should know, and be prepared to be responsible for, any substantial harm from treatments. [40] Some acupuncture proponents argue that the long history of acupuncture suggests it is safe. [40] However, there is an increasing literature on adverse events (e.g. spinal-cord injury). [40]
In the clinical trial, 100 volunteer patients who underwent open-heart valve surgery were split into a control and an acupuncture group. The " ACU-Heart Half " received an average of four ...
I tried acupuncture for muscle pain and yoga to maintain bone density. Slowly, my energy levels began to bounce back, and I felt more like my old self. Except for one thing—I could no longer ...
If the patient desired complementary therapies, and as long as such treatments provided additional support and did not endanger the patient, they were considered acceptable." [ 173 ] The non-pharmacologic interventions of complementary medicine can employ mind-body interventions designed to "reduce pain and concomitant mood disturbance and ...