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Catecholamine-Producing Novel Endocrine Organ: Bonghan System
Jungdae Kim,Vyacheslav Ogay,Byung-Cheon Lee,Min-Su Kim,Inbin Lim,Hee-Jong Woo,Hi-Joon Park,Jan Kehr,Kwang-Sup Soh +8 more
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A circulatory system that could be the anatomical basis of classical acupuncture points and Meridian points is proposed and described in detail.Abstract:
Background: In the early 1960s, Korean anatomist Bong Han Kim proposed the existence of a circulatory system that could be the anatomical basis of classical acupuncture points and Meridian...read more
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Bonghan Circulatory System as an Extension of Acupuncture Meridians
TL;DR: Among other methods, the discovery of a BHS-specific dye, trypan blue, was one of the most important original contributions that made BHS observation possible, and the BHS was discovered on the fascia surrounding tumor tissues, a finding which may have great significance in relation to serious health problems in modern society, namely, obesity and cancer.
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Visualizing the network of Bonghan ducts in the omentum and peritoneum by using Trypan blue.
TL;DR: A visualizing agent, Trypan blue, was found to be preferentially effective for Bonghan ducts (BHDs) and corpuscles compared to blood vessels or adipose tissues.
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Novel Anatomic Structures in the Brain and Spinal Cord of Rabbit That May Belong to the Bonghan System of Potential Acupuncture Meridians
TL;DR: The novel threadlike structure in the central nervous system, more specifically in brain ventricles, is one in a series of findings in an attempt to rediscover the Bonghan duct network.
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Comparison of the Characteristic Features of Bonghan Ducts, Blood and Lymphatic Capillaries
TL;DR: The Bonghan corpuscles are specialized structures consisting of different types of immune cells randomly scattered as single cells in the matrix or clustered in follicle-like formations and the Bonghan ductules in the corpuscle contain flowing immune cells and occasionally basophilic bodies.
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Contrast-enhancing optical method to observe a bonghan duct floating inside a lymph vessel of a rabbit
B C Lee,Kwang-Sup Soh +1 more
TL;DR: BHDs can now be observed inside lymph vessels by using contrast-enhancing instrumentation without visualizing chemical agents, and films showing movement of a BHD as the animal respired are captured.
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Introducing a placebo needle into acupuncture research.
K Streitberger,J Kleinhenz +1 more
TL;DR: The placebo needle is sufficiently credible to be used in investigations of the effects of acupuncture, and is tested whether needling with the placebo needle feels any different from real acupuncture.
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Acupuncture for patients with migraine: a randomized controlled trial.
Klaus Linde,Andrea Streng,Susanne Jürgens,Andrea Hoppe,Benno Brinkhaus,Claudia M. Witt,Stephan Wagenpfeil,V. Pfaffenrath,Michael Hammes,Wolfgang Weidenhammer,Stefan N. Willich,Dieter Melchart +11 more
TL;DR: It is found that acupuncture was no more effective than sham acupuncture in reducing migraine headaches although both interventions were moreeffective than a waiting list control.
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Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device: two randomised controlled trials
TL;DR: The results suggest that the procedure using the new device is indistinguishable from the same procedure using real needles in acupuncture naïve subjects, and is inactive, where the specific needle sensation (de qi) is taken as a surrogate measure of activity.
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Acupuncture for the treatment of pain: a review of evaluative research.
P.M. Richardson,Charles Vincent +1 more
TL;DR: This paper reviews studies which have evaluated the use of acupuncture for the relief of pain and examines the criteria by which the adequacy of research reports in this field should be assessed.
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Acupuncture for functional gastrointestinal disorders.
TL;DR: The stimulatory effects of acupuncture at ST-36 on GI motility may be beneficial to patients with GERD or FD, as well as to those with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), who show delayed colonic transit and enhanced colonic motility are reported in such patients.