Avtor/Urednik		Hajewska-Kosi, Jadwiga
Naslov		Zdravljenje bolečine z akupunkturo
Tip		članek
Vir		Rehabilitacija
Vol. in št.		Letnik 2, št. 3-4
Leto izdaje		2003
Obseg		str. 64-8
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		The science of acupuncture is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. For thousands of years the Chinese people have appreciated it for no pharmaceutical treatment, simple application, wide range of use, good curative effect and low cost. Acupuncture is a valuable therapeutic method in the treatment of pain too. The mechanism of pain relief can be explained in scientific terms which has allowed acupuncture to integrated with the conventional medicine. Effects on diseases, particularly functional disorders, are also reported to be effectively treated by acupuncture. In traditional Chinese medicine the energetic principles are used to explain the symptoms of diseases as well as effects of the treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine applies the yin yang principles of interconnection and continuous transformation to the human body to explain its physiology and pathology and to guide clinical diagnosis and treatment. Such a general paradigm has not yet been offered in the scientific medicine and the mechanisms of action are poorly understood. Consequently, acupuncture effects on diseases are considered with skepticism.
Izvleček		Akupunkturna znanost je pomemben del tradicionalne kitajske medicine. Skozi tisočletja je kitajsko ljudstvo uporabljalo akupunkturo kot ne farmakološko zdravljenje, enostavno v postopku, s široko uporabo, učinkovito in poceni sredstvo. Akupunktura je tudi dragocena terapevtska metoda pri obravnavi bolečine. Znanstveni viri, ki pojasnjujejo mehanizem lajšanja bolečine, omogočajo akupunkturo povezavo akupunkture s konvencionalno medicino. Ugotavljajo koristne učinke akupunkture na bolezni, posebej na funkcionalne motnje. V tradicionalni kitajski medicini z energetskimi načeli pojasnjujejo simptomatiko bolezni kot tudi učinke zdravljenja. Načeli yin - yang se uporabljata za pojasnitev fiziologije in patologije ter usmerjanje klinične diagnoze in zdravljenja. Takšna splošna paradigma še vedno nima preprečljive razlage v znanstveni medicini, zato so mehanizmi delovanja težje razumljivi. Prav zato nekateri s skepticizmom sprejemajo učinke akupunkture na različne bolezni.
Deskriptorji		PAIN ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA ACUPUNCTURE POINTS