Myeong Soo Lee

..Our objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture in patients in Korea and China with persistent allergic rhinitis compared to sham acupuncture treatment or waitlist control...

..CONCLUSION: Current evidence is insufficient to show that Guasha is effective in pain management. Further RCTs are warranted and methodological quality should be improved...

..To summarize and critically evaluate the evidence available from clinical trials (CTs) of qigong for patients with type 2 diabetes...

..This prospective, observational pilot study aims to determine the feasibility, safety, and possible benefits of acupuncture for symptom management in patients undergoing hemodialysis...

..Further controlled studies are needed to determine whether acupuncture might be a feasible and useful treatment option for erectile dysfunction in haemodialysis patients...

..Furthermore, the safety has not been proved yet. Therefore, the efficacy and safety should be tested in larger studies...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on dry eye syndrome...

..The results of this study demonstrate that the corrosion products of stainless steel 304 acupuncture needles might affect the post-electrical stimulation tissue response...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture plus usual care for relief of hot flashes and menopause-related symptoms compared with usual care alone in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women...

..The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment option for treating the condition of dry eye...

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..This study aimed to observe the effects of acupuncture for hot flashes in postmenopausal hemodialysis-dependent women...

..Further research is required to investigate whether there are specific effects of acupuncture for treating hot flash in patients with breast cancer...

..Several studies have reported that moxibustion is effective in ulcerative colitis (UC). The objective of this review was to assess the clinical evidence for or against moxibustion as a treatment for UC...

..The objective of this review was to systematically assess the effectiveness of moxibustion for supportive cancer care...

..The objective of this study was to investigate the adverse events associated with acupuncture using a standard record form in order to identify the risks of acupuncture therapy and assess their causes...

..The aim of this review was to identify adverse events of moxibustion as reported in the medical literature...

..The total number of RCTs included in this review and their methodological quality were low. These limitations make it difficult to draw firm conclusions...

..Acupressure is a widely used adjunct for various symptoms in patients with nonchronic kidney disease. However, its role for symptom management in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) populations is not clear...

..Future RCTs seem warranted but must overcome the methodological shortcomings of the existing evidence...

..Therefore, more rigorous studies are required before the effectiveness of moxibustion for the treatment of pain can be determined...

..Future studies should be of high methodological quality, with a particular emphasis on including an adequate control intervention...

..In conclusion, the evidence is not significantly convincing to suggest cupping is effective for treating hypertension. Further research is required to investigate whether it generates any specific effects for that condition...

..These findings suggest that the electroacupuncture at ST36 results in modulation of the activity of nNOS in the hypothalamus of spontaneously hypertensive rat...

..To systematically evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating or preventing allergic rhinitis (AR)...

..To summarize and critically evaluate the evidence for and against the effectiveness of Eastern-Western integrative medicine (EWIM) for health care compared to Eastern medicine (EM) or Western medicine (WM) alone...

..To assess the evidence for tai chi in reducing resting blood pressure (BP) in the elderly...

..To assess the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment option for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

..Given that the methodological quality of all RCTs was poor, the results from the present review are insufficient to suggest that moxibustion is an effective treatment for constipation. More rigorous studies are warranted...

..The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of yoga as a treatment option for menopausal symptoms...

..Moxibustion is one such medication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of moxibustion on hot flashes in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women...

..08 to 5.09, P = 0.003). Both of these studies are burdened with serious methodological limitations. In conclusion, the evidence for ginseng as a treatment of AD is scarce and inconclusive. Further rigorous trials seem warranted...

..Acupuncture has been widely used to treat patients with dry eye. Our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for this condition...

..CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review found limited effectiveness of moxibustion as an adjunct to standard care in stroke rehabilitation...

..Future studies should be of high quality with particular emphasis on designing an adequate control intervention...

..We evaluated the current evidence for the use of acupuncture to treat erectile dysfunction (ED)...

..MTSBLT is methodologically very different from the traditional Chinese-style blood-letting or wet-cupping. Although MTSBLT may be used as part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment, this paper offers an introduction to MTSBLT...

..These results indicate that the real acupuncture treatment tested in this trial was no more effective than sham acupuncture at reducing NWS, depression and anxiety for smoking cessation...

..Cochrane reviews have the reputation for being more transparent and rigorous than other reviews. The aim of this overview was to evaluate and summarize Cochrane reviews of acupuncture for the treatment of any type of pain...

..To investigate the protective effects of electroacupuncture (EA) pretreatment on acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)-induced ulceration in rats...

..We aimed to assess the effectiveness of massage as a treatment option for autism...

..Several SRs of aromatherapy have recently been published. Due to a number of caveats, the evidence is not sufficiently convincing that aromatherapy is an effective therapy for any condition...

..The goal of the study was to assess the effects of acupuncture as a treatment for hot flushes in prostate cancer (PC) patients...

..Several systematic reviews (SRs) have assessed the effectiveness of moxibustion for a range of conditions, often with contradictory conclusions. Our aim was to provide a critical evaluation and summary of these data...

..Tai chi is an easily accessible therapy for patients and, as such, may be an effective intervention for AS. However, we cannot completely discount the possibility that the placebo effect was responsible for the improvement...

..Qigong has been recommended to improve health and prevent disease but the evidence is inconclusive. The aim of this overview was to critically evaluate all systematic reviews (SRs) of qigong for the treatment of any condition or symptom...