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Acupuncture Flashcards

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Acupuncture

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Use of needles applied to stimulate certain points in the body

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What is acupuncture used for?

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Treatment of disease
Relief of pain
Return homeostasis

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Eastern Holistic Medicine

Involves ancient empirical knowledge, energetic

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Medical/Neuroanatomical

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Western Molecular Medicine

Science of muscles and nerves, mechanistic

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What are some conditions treated by veterinary acupuncture?

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Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurological disorders
Dermatological disorders
Ocular disorders
Respiratory Disease
Renal Disease
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Behavioral issues
Resuscitation
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Negative Side effects of Acupuncture

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Broken needles
Needle ingestion
Abscess formation
Soft T injury: Nerves/vessels, eye, pneumothorax

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Yin-yang

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Balance in the universe

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Five elements

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Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water

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Zang-fu physiology

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Connection of internal and external organs by meridians

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Bian Zheng

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Disease pattern recognition

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What are the eight principles of Bian Zheng?

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Classification: Yin vs Yang
Location: Interior vs Exterior
Nature: Hot vs Cold
Strength of Qi: Excess vs Deficiency

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What are the Desired effects of the TCM Approach?

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Increased circulation
Decreased muscle spasm
Increased immunity
nerve stimulation

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What are the 14 channels of the TCM approach?

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Lung 
Large Intestine
Stomach 
Spleen 
Heart
Small Intestine
Bladder
Kidney 
Pericardium 
Triple Heater
Gallbladder
Liver 
Conception Vessels
Governor Vessel
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What are the types of point stimulation?

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Dry needling 
Electro acupuncture
Aqua-acupuncture
Acupressure
Hemo-acupuncture
Pneumo-acupuncture
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Neuromodulation

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Use of the bodys endogenous and restorative analgesic mechanisms to treat disease and pain

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Neuroplasticity

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Involves CNS “learning” causing physiochemical changes leading to hyperalgesia, allodynia, and windup pain

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Endorphins

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Bind MOR @ pre-synaptic nerve terminal of nociceptor and post synaptic secondary neyrons of SC dorsal horn

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Enkephalins

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Bind DOR @ inhibitory interneurons in substantia gelatinosa of dorsal horm causing increased in GABA

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Dynorphin

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Activated KOR which inhibits noceceptive signals to brain

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Electroacupuncture

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electric current applied to acupunture needles

21
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What are the contraindications for electroacupuncture

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Severe cardiac depressions
Shock
Severe spinal instability
Ventral neck location: carotid bodies!

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