Type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm is a major global health problem. Acupuncture has been shown to offer relief from chronic pain and is sometimes used by people with neuropathy, the painful nerve damage that can happen with diabetes. Effectiveness of acupuncture for treatment of diabetic. Acupoint therapy on diabetes mellitus and its common chronic. Acupuncture is generally safe when done using clean technique and single use needles. This study compared 30 cases in the acupuncture group with 15 cases in the sham acupuncture group n 45 total. Treatment only wellness only both treatment and wellness total p value alternative medical systems 8. Perspectives in diabetes history of diabetes, the journal 1 9521 991 editors swan song r. Acupuncture and related techniques for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Areas of interest in cam for diabetes include herbal medicines, acupuncture, moxibustion, and other therapies. Pdf application of acupuncture therapy in type 2 diabetes.
Tcm includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, massage, food therapy, and physical exercise, such as shadow boxing. They say in 2015 1 in 5 diabetic patient will be an indian. Currently, acupuncture has been increasingly used in the prevention of t2dm. As per available reports about 247 journals, 45 conferences and workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to acupuncture and about 9559 articles are being published on the current trends in acupuncture. Some studies indicated that acupuncture could increase the regression toward normoglycemia, lose body weight, lower fasting plasma glucose fpg, 2hour plasma glucose 2hpg, and glycosylated hemoglobin hba1c in patients with prediabetes. All randomized controlled trials rcts of acupuncture for prediabetes will be included. Diabetes management presents findings, analysis and commentary on the battle with type i and type ii diabetes. Fifteenday acupuncture treatment relieves diabetic.
The acupuncturist inserts a pair of needles in each acupuncture point and passes an electrical. It is estimated that complementary and alternative medicine cam is using by 80% of the world population for their primary health care. The journal also covers areas of integrative biomedical research and health science in. As acupuncture completely treats type 11 diabetes mellitus it brings out the diabetics, the non.
We were asked this question again very recently, and our answer was. Articles on general health science and other modalities, such as anthroposophy, ayurveda, bioelectromagnetic therapy, chiropractic, herbology herbal medicine, homeopathy, neural therapy and meditation, are also eligible for consideration if the articles are related to acupuncture and meridian studies. Herbal acupuncture ha, also known as pharmacopuncture, acupuncture point injection, acupoint injection, or point injection therapy, is a modern adjunctive technique that utilizes the injection of natural herbs or biologic substances into acupuncture points to promote, maintain or restore health and to prevent disease 15,16. Under acupuncture andor chinese medicine treatment, there is no sensation lost, poor circulation leads. All members of the academy receive a print subscription and online access to medical acupuncture as a benefit of their membership. Read an interview with bruce pomeranz, phd who first published that analgesia in acupuncture is mediated by endorphins and that acupuncture accelerates wound healing. The acupuncture points used to treat diabetes are all over the body and on several meridians. Acupuncture, one of the oldest and most commonly used forms of alternative medicine, has existed for more than 2500 years. Acupuncture says the internal heat is the major cause of diabetes.
The effects of acupuncture were observed on urodynamic measurements, as well as a variety of symptoms associated with dbd. Diabetes mellitus dm is a ubiquitous metabolic disease which severely. Acupuncture is a form of traditional chinese medicine in which tiny needles are placed at various points on the body to treat and prevent illness. Introduction there is a lack of curative medical treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis koa. Chinese acupuncture list of high impact articles ppts. Acupuncture treatment for knee osteoarthritis with. Acupuncture and related techniques for type 2 diabetes. Treating diabetes with acupuncture and chinese medicine.
As a complementary treatment, acupuncture and related techniques are widely used to treat metabolic and endocrine diseases, but their efficacy and safety for t2dm are yet to be established. Traditional chinese medicine in the treatment of diabetes. Therefore, cam represents one of pivotal options for the therapy for diabetes. According to the theory of traditional chinese medicine and preliminary clinical evidence, the patients acupoints and tender points may become sensitised when the body suffers from a disease state. Still, the majority of rcts showed benefit for acupuncture over control in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy, bells palsy, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Totally 65 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group of 32 cases and a control group of 33 cases. Acupuncture is defined as the insertion of one or several needles into the skin at particular sites acupuncture points for therapeutic purposes. Paul robertson diabetes has provided scientific information in tences in the recently published history of the american diabetesrelated areas of basic and clinical research diabetes association, the. Acupuncture can be a very helpful tool in the management of type 1 diabetes. To this date, acupuncture has proven beneficial for palliative purposes and for. Acupoint therapy of traditional chinese medicine tcm may be a way out. In brief traditional chinese medicine tcm is a system of healing that is thousands of years old. To examine evidence for acupuncture interventions in the management of diabetesrelated peripheral neuropathy dpn symptoms. Methods we searched for published and unpublished randomized.
Coverage focuses on the key objective of stabilizing blood glucose levels in. Chinese medicine, relying mainly on herb formulas, but also on acupuncture, has been utilized extensively in east asia to reduce blood. Acupoint therapy is one of the therapeutic means in traditional chinese medicine tcm concerning acupoints and meridians, including manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture, moxibustion, external application, acupoint injection, and catgut embedding. In terms of research annually, usa, india, japan, brazil and canada are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related. A point on the back, called yishu located on the back, lateral to thoracic vertebrae 8 is often used and has proven effective in recent studies published by the journal of traditional chinese medicine for controlling the function of the pancreas. Alternative therapies useful in the management of diabetes. Type2 diabetes adultonset or noninsulindependent diabetes is a common metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to regulate the amount of glucose in the blood. Acupuncture therapy is a common approach to treating diabetes in china. Acupuncture in medicine uses the western understanding of neurophysiology and anatomy to interpret the effects. Acupuncture for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy.
Objective manual acupuncture has commonly been used in china, either alone or in combination with conventional medicine, to treat diabetic peripheral neuropathy dpn. Type ii tii diabetes therapy is an economic and scientific global health challenge. In traditional acupuncture, needles are inserted into precisely defined, specific points on the body, each of which has distinct therapeutic actions. Acupuncture is best known in the united states as an alternative therapy for chronic pain. Despite advances made in conventional diabetic treatment for varied stages of disease, these treatments still cannot prevent diabetic complications and can cause severe side effects without curative guarantee for the long term. Complementary and alternative medicine for diabetes hindawi. Manual acupuncture for treatment of diabetic peripheral. It includes new a paradigm of integrative research, covering east and west, and traditional and modern medicine. However, it has been used for the treatment of diabetes and related complication during the past several decades. Studies have shown that many americans are using complementary and alternative medicine cam to either improve or manage their health 1,2. Acupuncture in the treatment of diabetic bladder dysfunction.
Table 1prevalence of pastyear cam use by reason in older adults with diabetes, 2012 nhis among cam users with diabetes, cam used for. Journal of diabetes and its complications jdc is a journal for health care practitioners and researchers, that publishes original research about the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus and its complications. This article will outline the key concepts and therapies of tcm that play a role in the evaluation and treatment of diabetic patients. The international diabetes federation claimed that approximately 8. Acupoint therapy on diabetes mellitus and its common. Interviewed in alternative therapies in health and medicine, nov. Updated list of high journal impact factor acupuncture. Four of the studies were organized as part of the german acupuncture trials gerac initiative, 1114 4 were part of the acupuncture randomized trials art group 1518. Diabetes spectrum volume 14, number 3, 2001 in brief traditional chinese medicine in the treatment of diabetes diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the united states. Type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm, a metabolic disease manifested as a persistently high level of blood glucose, is caused by the progressive increase in insulin resistance and reduction in insulin secretion. Treatment of diabetes with chinese herbs and acupuncture. Acupuncture represents an important alternative therapy. The morbidity and mortality associated with the disease is significant and.
Pdf acupuncture for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Perspectives in diabetes history of diabetes, the journal. Older adults with diabetes are at high risk for having multiple chronic conditions and diabetes complications and often take multiple medications concomitantly. Articles published in diabetes management address improvements in current therapeutics and patient compliance together with perspectives on future prospects. Acupuncture mainly used to treat commonly for pain relief. Traditional chinese medicine tcm is a system of healing that is thousands of. Diabetes mellitus dm involves several metabolic disorders of abnormal carbohydrate metabolism sharing. Electroacupuncture is the most common type of acupuncture that practitioners used to treat diabetes. Linhua zhao the effi cacy of a chinese herbal formula gqd on type 2 diabetes and its mechanism ppt version pdf version.
Yicheng hu detection of a negative correlation between prescription of chinese herbal products containing coumestrol, genistein or daidzein and risk of subsequent endometrial cancer among tamoxifentreated female breast cancer survivors in taiwan between 1998 and 2008. The procedure of acupuncture has been used to treat and relieve symptoms of a. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy dpn is one of the most common complications in patients with diabetes mellitus dm. Acupuncture, the insertion of thin, solid metal needles, is performed. Diabetes ii acupuncture treatment is pure a chinese medicine crystal of the humanity wisdom.
Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. In the treatment of diabetes and its common chronic complications, acupoint therapy has proved to have specific curative effect and notable. Acupuncture regimens, control conditions, and outcome measures differed among studies, and various methodological issues were identified. Variations of this theme include the use of other means of stimulating acupuncture points. Excluded from the metaanalysis are duplicated publications, studies with. Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus with acupuncture. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of acupuncture on diabetic bladder dysfunction dbd. Susan swanberg, an acupuncturist who has type 1 diabetes, says, the blood sugar lowering effects of acupuncture are believed to be due to the downregulation of cortisol, a stress hormone that encourages the liver to create glucose, and by decreasing freefatty acid concentration in the blood, which is believed to increase insulin sensitivity.
Acupuncture may also regulate cortisol, which is a hormone signaling your body to feel stress. The acupuncture techniques recommended to treat type 1 and 2 diabetes vary dramatically, just as the treatments of western medicine differ. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in older. To observe the clinical effects of acupuncture for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Effects of acupuncture in diabetes neuropathy medcraveonline. Practitioners of acupuncture treatment for diabetes believe that the hormone reaction triggered by acupuncture can help balance the parts of your body that arent able to regulate your sugar levels on their own.
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