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East
mee
ts W
est
Is th
e B
ridge
?
Com
plem
enta
ry-In
tegr
ativ
e M
edic
ine
??
Preh
isto
ric Ic
e M
an m
ay h
ave
used
acu
punc
ture
Sci
entis
ts h
ave
dete
rmei
ned
that
Oet
zi,
who
was
45
year
s ol
d w
hen
he d
ied,
ha
s ar
thrit
is in
his
low
er b
ack,
kne
e an
d an
kle.
Preh
isto
ric Ic
e M
an m
ay h
ave
used
acu
punc
ture
15 d
iffer
ent g
roup
s of
tatto
os w
hich
co
vere
d th
e m
an's
bod
y ar
e fo
und
alon
g th
e sa
me
mer
idia
ns a
s th
ose
used
by
Chi
nese
acu
punc
ture
L D
orfe
r; M
Mos
er; F
Bah
r; K
S
pind
ler;
et a
l. A
med
ical
repo
rt
from
the
ston
e ag
e? L
ance
t; 19
99;
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9183
);. 1
023
Mer
idia
n Sy
stem
Lu
ng M
erid
ian
Larg
e in
test
ine
Mer
idia
n
Sto
mac
h M
erid
ian
Spl
een
Mer
idia
n
Hea
rt M
erid
ian
Sm
all i
ntes
tine
Mer
idia
n
Kid
ney
Mer
idia
n
Per
icar
dium
Mer
idia
n
Trip
le E
nerg
izer
M
erid
ian
Gal
lbla
dder
Mer
idia
n
Live
r Mer
idia
n
Gov
erno
r Mer
idia
n
The
Twel
ve P
rimar
y C
hann
els
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cha
nnel
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sser
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g G
reat
er Y
ang
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ight
ness
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Leg
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cha
nnel
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sser
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reat
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olut
e Y
in
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Yang
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htne
ss
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er
Gre
ater
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ater
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lute
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er
Fron
t
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dle
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k
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ial
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ral
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
;
5
361
Acu
punc
ture
Poi
nts
Stan
dard
mea
surin
g un
its
Pro
porti
onal
bon
e (s
kele
tal)
cun
(B-c
un)
Fing
er c
un (F
-cun
)
Fing
erbr
eadt
h (F
-bre
adth
)
Mox
ibut
ion(
1)
Mox
ibut
ion(
2)M
oxib
utio
n(3)
need
les
Patie
nt
Phys
icia
nEf
fect
iven
ess
WH
O S
tand
ard
Acu
punc
ture
Poi
nt L
ocat
ions
in
the
Wes
tern
Pac
ific
Reg
ion
(200
8)
Mec
hani
sm o
f Acu
punc
ture
Th
e th
eory
is th
at o
ne c
an re
gula
te th
e flo
w
(Qi)
Acu
punc
ture
in re
cent
sci
entif
ic re
sear
chM
edia
ted
by th
e ne
rvou
s sy
stem
R
elea
se o
f neu
rotra
nsm
itter
s C
hang
e in
bra
in-fu
nctio
nal m
agne
tic
reso
nanc
e im
agin
g (M
RI)
sign
als
Pro
mot
ing
the
satis
fact
ions
of p
ain
man
agem
ent i
n pa
tient
s w
ith s
houl
der n
eck
pain
s af
ter t
he c
ervi
cal v
erte
bra
surg
ery
Purp
ose
The
mai
n pu
rpos
e of
this
spe
cial
pro
ject
was
to p
rom
ote
the
satis
fact
ion
of
pain
man
agem
ent i
n pa
tient
s w
ith s
houl
der n
eck
pain
s af
ter t
he c
ervi
cal
verte
bra
surg
ery.
Tech
nolo
gic
Ope
rate
d Ac
upre
ssur
e Pr
oced
ure
for
shou
lder
nec
k pa
ins
afte
r the
ce
rvic
al v
erte
bra
surg
ery
Res
ults
The
resu
lts o
f the
pro
ject
sho
wed
that
: 1.
The
cont
ent o
f non
-pha
rmac
olog
ical
pai
n m
anag
emen
t in
nurs
es w
ere
impr
oved
from
40.
0% to
65.
0%.
2.Th
e ex
ecut
ion
rate
of p
ain
man
agem
ent i
n nu
rses
with
sho
ulde
r ne
ck p
ains
afte
r sur
gery
wer
e im
prov
ed fr
om 4
0.0%
to 8
0.0%
. 3.
The
satis
fact
ions
of p
ain
man
agem
ent i
n pa
tient
s w
ith s
houl
der
neck
pai
ns a
fter s
urge
ry w
ere
impr
oved
from
61.
5% to
89%
. 4.
Afte
r com
plet
ing
the
acup
ress
ure
proc
edur
e, th
e pa
in in
tens
ity
decr
ease
d to
5.3
sco
re fr
om 8
.7 s
core
in 5
min
utes
late
r, an
d de
crea
sed
to 4
.2 s
core
in 3
0 m
inut
es la
ter.
5.Th
e sa
tisfa
ctio
ns o
f pai
n m
anag
emen
t and
the
pain
inte
nsity
w
as s
igni
fican
tly n
egat
ive
corr
elat
ion
(r=
-0.3
1, p
< 0.
05 ).
Li-Y
uan
Hua
ngM
SN.
RN
1 .,Su
-Lin
g C
huan
g M
SN. R
N 2
. ,H
siu-
Chu
an C
hien
BSN
. RN
3 .,
Yun-
Fang
Tsa
iPhd
. RN
4 .,
Chi
ng-H
sien
Cha
ngM
D5 .,
Wen
-Chi
ng T
zan
MD
6
1.2.
3 N
urse
Pra
ctiti
oner
, Dep
artm
ent o
f Nur
sing
, Cha
ng G
ung
Mem
oria
l Hos
pita
l at K
eelu
ng. T
aiw
an.
4 Pr
ofes
sor,
Scho
ol o
f Nur
sing
, Cha
ng G
ung
Uni
vers
ity a
t Tai
wan
. 5
Dep
artm
ent o
f Tra
ditio
nal C
hine
se M
edic
ine,
Cha
ng G
ung
Mem
oria
l Hos
pita
l at K
eelu
ng T
aiw
an.
6 D
epar
tmen
t of N
euro
-Sur
gica
l, C
hang
Gun
g M
emor
ial H
ospi
tal a
t Kee
lung
Tai
wan
.
Met
hods
1.W
e th
en m
ade
a sh
ould
er n
eck
pain
acu
pres
sure
she
et, d
esig
ned
a te
chno
logi
c
oper
ated
acu
pres
sure
pro
cedu
re a
nd ru
n a
nurs
ing
staf
f in
serv
ice
educ
atio
n of
ac
upre
ssur
e pa
in m
anag
emen
t to
chec
k ou
t the
sat
isfa
ctio
ns o
f pai
n m
anag
emen
t abo
ut th
eir s
houl
der a
nd n
eck
pain
s.2.
Pat
ient
s an
d N
ursi
ng s
taff
wer
e re
crui
ted
from
a n
euro
surg
ery
outp
atie
nt c
linic
of
a te
achi
ng
hosp
ital i
n th
e no
rther
n Ta
iwan
dur
ing
Mar
ch 0
1 to
20,
200
6. S
PS
S
for W
indo
ws
10.0
ana
lyze
d th
e da
ta o
f the
pro
ject
.
050100
Scor
e(%
)
Res
ult o
f T
he P
roje
ct
before
after
befo
re61
.540
40
afte
r89
8065
sati
sfac
tion
s of
pai
n
con
tent
of
non-
Ex
ecut
ion
rate
of
pain
0510
Time
Score pa
in int
ensit
y8.7
5.34.2
Now
5 mi
nutes
later
30 m
inutes
later
Pain
inten
sity i
n pati
ents
with
should
er ne
ck pa
ins af
ter th
e
cervic
al ve
rtebra
surge
ry
Con
clus
ions
Th
e re
sults
of t
he p
roje
ct in
dica
ted
that
1.
This
spe
cial
pro
ject
cou
ld im
prov
e th
e sa
tisfa
ctio
ns o
f pai
n m
anag
emen
t in
patie
nts
with
sho
ulde
r nec
k pa
ins
afte
r the
cer
vica
l ver
tebr
a su
rger
y.
2. 3.Th
is p
roje
ct w
ould
pro
vide
hos
pita
l adm
inis
ters
and
nur
ses
as a
refe
renc
e on
the
in-
serv
ice
train
ing
plan
and
nur
sing
car
e to
impr
ove
the
qual
ity c
ontro
l for
the
neur
osur
gica
l pat
ient
s an
d fa
mily
.
Adre
ss: (
204)
No
222,
Mai
-Chi
n R
d. A
nle
Chi
u K
eelu
ng ,
Taiw
an.
E-m
ail :
liy
uan@
cgm
h.or
g.tw
Bac
kgro
und
1. W
e fo
und
that
thes
e pa
tient
s pe
rcei
ved
low
sat
isfa
ctio
ns o
f pai
n m
anag
emen
t abo
ut
thei
r sho
ulde
r and
nec
k pa
ins
and
the
aver
age
inte
nsity
of p
ain
was
up
to 8
.7 s
core
in
th
e 0-
10 s
cale
.2.
Onl
y le
ss th
an 4
0% o
f par
ticip
ated
nur
ses
reco
gniz
ed th
e co
nten
t of n
on-
phar
mac
olog
ical
pai
n m
anag
emen
t and
had
car
ried
out f
or th
eir p
atie
nts.
3. L
ow e
xecu
tion
rate
(40%
) of p
ain
man
agem
ent w
ith s
houl
der n
eck
pain
s af
ter
surg
ery
In n
urse
s
Sigm
a Th
eta
Tau
18th
Inte
rnat
iona
lN
ursi
ng R
esea
rch
Con
gres
s 20
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basi
c pr
inci
ple
of
acup
unct
ure
prac
tice
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ousa
nd y
ears
of t
radi
tion
, and
a
who
le n
ew e
xper
ienc
e
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ur c
iviliz
atio
n w
ants
us
to c
ringe
, I'l
l sho
w y
ou th
e pr
ide
of s
avag
es.
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an
ks
for
yo
ur
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tio
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