Acupuncture Flashcards

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What happened in 1996 to acupuncture needles?

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they went from Class III to class II medical devices (i.e said they were safe and effective in the hands of licensed practitioners)

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What did the NIH find out about acupuncture in 1997?

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that acpuncture works! (espec. for pain)

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In 2005, what did insurance companies decide?

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to cover the cost of acupuncture (about 50% of them)

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Because of the success of acupuncture at least (blank) percent of the US population has used complementary medicine in the past year

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35

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What are the 5 traditional chinese medicine theories?

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Qi Energy
Yin &Yang Theory
Five Element Theory
AcuPoint Theory 
Meridian Theory
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What is Qi (chee)?

So what does this have to do with acupunture?

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air or energy that flows through meridians. You dont have these meridians blocked.
acupuncture allows you to access the qi

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What does yin and yang tell us?

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its important to have harmony and there everything is not all good or all bad

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What is the five element theory of the types of Qi?

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fire, earth, wood, metal, water

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What is the point specificity theory?

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There is a specific point on the body that is correlated to another particular point on the body for a particular ailment.

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The only constant gross anatomical structures located in the vicinity of acupoints are (blank) and (blank)

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nerves and nerve endings

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Acupoints exhibit high (blank) although the results are sometimes mixed.

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electrical conductance

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There appears to be a high density of (blank) at the epithelia of acupuncture points

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gap junctions

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High concentrations of (blank) and (blank) have been documented at acupoints

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Nitric Oxide and NO synthase

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What are trigger points?

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tight bands of muscle that when stimulated will relax that muscle (this is a good acupuncture point)

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acupoints are pretty similiar to (blank) points. (they are highly correlated)

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trigger

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What is Shu and MU?

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acupuncture points that directly relate to specific viscera

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What are head points?

What is interesting about these?

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precursors to modern dermatomes

They are similiar to acupuncture points

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How many pathway of qi are there on the surface of the body?

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Each meridian is associated with an (blank)

20
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(blank) not only govern the structures underneath their distribution, but they can also affect the function of their associated organs

21
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(blank) Qi within the meridians leads to the development of disease. Acupuncture and other TCM treatments can assist in moving and balancing Qi

22
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the point is, if you want to relieve a certain ailment, place the needle into the corresponding (blank). This will relieve the pain and the referred pain.

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(blank) Meridians are described as anatomical pathways that transmit strain and movement through the body’s muscle and fascia.

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Myofascial

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Dorsher found an 89% (8 of 9) overlap between the course of these Myofascial Meridians and (blank) Meridians.

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Acupuncture

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What is the average number of needles used per patient?
10-20
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How long do you keep needles in or?
30-45 min
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Are they single use needles?
yea single used made of stainless steel and are super thin (.12-.3 mm diameter)
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What is moxa?
heat creating tool
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What is cupping?
vacumn cup (created with the use of heat) pulls the skin away to relax muscles
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What are gua sha?
scraping tools used to relax muscles
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What is Tui na?
chinese massage
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Chinese herbs come in (blank)
concoctions
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Each herb has a specific (blank)
purpose
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What is a concotion of multiple herbs used to treat internal and external conditions?
chinese herbal medicines
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The more pure the substance the more (blank)
side effects
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Would you ever just get one herb?
nope, always a concotion
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What has acupuncture research showed us?
showed that acupuncture works and had huge effect size and works on a variety of different ailments
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What is the MOA of acupuncture?
released bodies endogenous opoids and deals with bodies neurotransmitters and deals with the CNS and PNS.
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What happens if you put local anesthetic into an acupoint?
it abolishes the acupuncture effect i.e. acupunctrue deals with nerves!
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what does acupuncture hit?
nerves, trigger points, fascia
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What does the US fed law demand of the acupuncture needles?
that they must be sterile and single use
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What is the serious adverse even rate of acupuncture?
5 events per million
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How many cases of infection have their been since 1970 due to acupuncture?
50 cases and 80 cases of Hep B
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How many deaths have been recorded due to acupuncture?
86 due to pneumothorax (stay away from lungs)
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What are the minor adverse events of acupunctre?
Minor Adverse events – 7-12% of treatments | Minor bleeding, needling pain, hematoma, dizziness
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Acupunture treats almost (blank)
everything!