The efficacy paradox in randomized controlled trials of CAM and elsewhere: beware of the placebo trap.

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 16, No. 1 EditorialComparative Effectiveness Research and CAMMikel AickinMikel AickinSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:27 Jan 2010https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2009.0718AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View article"Comparative Effectiveness Research and CAM." , 16(1), pp. 1–2FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByThe Role of Research in Guiding Treatment for Women’s Health: A Qualitative Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncturists19 January 2021 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18, No. 2Spiritual Leadership and Self-Development Model5 May 2021Acupuncture for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgiaMedicine, Vol. 97, No. 11Effect of catgut implantation at acupoints for the treatment of allergic rhinitis: a randomized, sham-controlled trial10 November 2016 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 1Exploring the prospect of a complementary and integrative medicine database for use in the Australian primary care settingAdvances in Integrative Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1Parental Perspectives on Use, Benefits, and Physician Knowledge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Children with Autistic Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Angela Huang, Kapila Seshadri, Tara Anne Matthews, and Barbara M. Ostfeld6 September 2013 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 9A double-blind controlled clinical trial assessing the effect of topical gels on striae distensae (stretch marks): a non-invasive imaging, morphological and immunohistochemical study12 April 2013 | Archives of Dermatological Research, Vol. 305, No. 7Review of Cochrane Reviews on Acupuncture: How Chinese Resources Contribute to Cochrane Reviews Shuang Jiao, Kiichiro Tsutani, and Nobuhiko Haga2 July 2013 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 7Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for acupuncture research - a consensus document for conducting trials6 September 2012 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1The optimized acupuncture treatment for neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis: a study protocol of a multicentre randomized controlled trial9 July 2012 | Trials, Vol. 13, No. 1Development of a Chinese Medicine Pattern Severity Index for Understanding Eating Disorders Sarah Fogarty, David Harris, Chris Zaslawski, Andrew J. McAinch, and Lily Stojanovska11 July 2012 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 6Decontextualized Versus Lived Worlds: Critical Thoughts on the Intersection of Evidence, Lifeworld, and Values Jeff Flatt17 May 2012 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 5Key Issues in Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine a Systematic Literature ReviewForschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Vol. 19, No. s2The Intersecting Paradigms of Naturopathic Medicine and Public Health: Opportunities for Naturopathic Medicine Jon Wardle and Erica B. Oberg16 November 2011 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 11Naturopathic Medicine and Public Health: Teaming Up for a Transformative Tomorrow Elizabeth Sutherland16 November 2011 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 11Introduce the idea of comparative effectiveness research to clinical research of Chinese medicineJournal of Chinese Integrative Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 8Revised STRICTA as an Extension of the CONSORT Statement: More Items Should Be Involved in the Checklist Zhao-Xiang Bian and Yung-Hsien Chang23 February 2011 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 2Improving the prediction of response to therapy in autismNeurotherapeutics, Vol. 7, No. 3 Volume 16Issue 1Jan 2010 InformationCopyright 2010, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Mikel Aickin.Comparative Effectiveness Research and CAM.The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Jan 2010.1-2.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2009.0718Published in Volume: 16 Issue 1: January 27, 2010PDF download

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 6, No. 2 PerspectivesMethodological Problems of Clinical Research into Spiritual Healing: The Healer's PerspectiveCraig K. BrownCraig K. BrownSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:24 Sep 2007https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2000.6.171AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byEmpathy and mental health associated with non-conventional healing practices27 August 2020 | Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, Vol. 24, No. 1Perceived outcomes of spiritual healing and explanations - a qualitative study on the perspectives of German healers and their clients12 July 2014 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 1Key Issues in Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine a Systematic Literature ReviewForschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Vol. 19, No. s2Treating Children With Therapeutic and Healing TouchPediatric Annals, Vol. 33, No. 4Sham in CAMEvidence-Based Integrative Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 4Outcomes research: costs and quality of lifeThe Clinical Effectiveness of Healing Touch5 July 2004 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 1Introduction: therapeutic agents from ethnomedicineChronically Ill Patients Treated by Spiritual Healing Improve in Quality of Life: Results of a Randomized Waiting-List Controlled Study5 July 2004 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 1Developing Research Methodology in Spiritual Healing: Definitions, Scope, and Limitations30 June 2004 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 4The Lure of the Ghetto30 June 2004 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 4 Volume 6Issue 2Apr 2000 InformationCopyright 2000, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Craig K. Brown.Methodological Problems of Clinical Research into Spiritual Healing: The Healer's Perspective.The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Apr 2000.171-176.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2000.6.171Published in Volume: 6 Issue 2: September 24, 2007PDF download

A short history of acupuncture.

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 12, No. 9 EditorialAcupuncture Research: Time to Shift from Theoretical to Practical QuestionsHugh MacPhersonHugh MacPhersonSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:16 Nov 2006https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.12.837AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byInterdisciplinary Relationship Models for Complementary and Integrative Health: Perspectives of Chinese Medicine Practitioners in the United States Belinda J. Anderson, Sai Jurawanichkul, Benjamin E. Kligler, Paul R. Marantz, and Roni Evans16 March 2019 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 3Evaluation of an antenatal acupuncture intervention as an adjunct therapy for antenatal depression (AcuAnteDep): study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial17 February 2016 | Trials, Vol. 17, No. 1Critical Review of Data Evaluation in Teaching Clinics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Outside China: Implications for EducationEXPLORE, Vol. 12, No. 3Key Issues in Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine a Systematic Literature ReviewForschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Vol. 19, No. s2Acupuncture as analgesia for low back pain, ankle sprain and migraine in emergency departments: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial15 November 2011 | Trials, Vol. 12, No. 1The Acupuncture Treatment for Postmenopausal Hot Flushes (Acuflash) Study: Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnoses and Acupuncture Points Used, and Their Relation to the Treatment Response12 December 2018 | Acupuncture in Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 3The Development of a Prospective Data Collection Process in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching Clinic Michele Maiers, Eileen McKenzie, Roni Evans, and Mark McKenzie17 March 2009 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 3 Volume 12Issue 9Nov 2006 InformationCopyright 2006, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Hugh MacPherson.Acupuncture Research: Time to Shift from Theoretical to Practical Questions.The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Nov 2006.837-839.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.12.837Published in Volume: 12 Issue 9: November 16, 2006PDF download

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 14, No. 8 PHOTOESSAYCupping: An Alternative Surgical Procedure Used by Hippocratic PhysiciansHelen Christopoulou-Aletra and Niki PapavramidouHelen Christopoulou-AletraSearch for more papers by this author and Niki PapavramidouSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:6 Nov 2008https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2008.0238AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byThe medical life cycle of surgery in Iran: past and presentEffectiveness of wet cupping therapy on relieving pain in patients with chronic migraine: an observational study1 April 2021 | Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 3WET CUP TREATMENT REDUCES OXIDATIVE STRESS INDEX24 March 2021 | Ahi Evran Medical JournalCupping on ancient Greek coins: A numismatic case series and its relationship to dermatologyClinics in Dermatology, Vol. 14Baguan Therapy Is an Alternative in Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Systematic Review Based on Existing Randomized Controlled Trials27 March 2019 | Complementary Medicine Research, Vol. 26, No. 2Pulsatile dry cupping in chronic low back pain – a randomized three-armed controlled clinical trial2 April 2018 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 1Cupping therapy for treating ankylosing spondylitis: The evidence from systematic review and meta-analysisComplementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 32Cupping therapy for treating ankylosing spondylitis: Protocol for a systematic reviewEuropean Journal of Integrative Medicine, Vol. 21Cupping Therapy: An Overview from a Modern Medicine PerspectiveJournal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3Cupping Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Synthesis of Evidence16 July 2018 | Complementary Medicine Research, Vol. 25, No. 4Cupping in dermatology: a critical review and update30 June 2018 | Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina Pannonica et Adriatica, Vol. 27, No. 2Cupping therapy: An analysis of the effects of suction on skin and the possible influence on human healthComplementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 29Cupping therapy for treating knee osteoarthritis: The evidence from systematic review and meta-analysisComplementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 28Cupping therapy for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsEuropean Journal of Integrative Medicine, Vol. 12History of cupping ( Hijama ): a narrative review of literatureJournal of Integrative Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 3Kupa Tedavisi ve Hacamat12 December 2016 | Ankara Medical Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4Effects of Wet Cupping on Blood Components Specially Skin-Related Parameters of Healthy Cases: A Case Control Metabonomic Study21 June 2016 | Journal of Skin and Stem Cell, Vol. In Press, No. In PressMalay Cupping Therapy: A Haematological Analysis Pilot Study25 March 2016Cupping therapy: A prudent remedy for a plethora of medical ailmentsJournal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 3Unexpected lumbar abscess due to scarification wet cupping: A case reportComplementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol. 22, No. 4Adverse events related to cupping therapy in studies conducted in Korea: A systematic reviewEuropean Journal of Integrative Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 4Hijamat in Traditional Persian Medicine25 February 2014 | Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 2Pulsatile dry cupping in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee – a randomized controlled exploratory trial12 October 2012 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1The study of the change of pressure and its relationship with the temperature inside the cup Volume 14Issue 8Oct 2008 Information© 2008 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Helen Christopoulou-Aletra and Niki Papavramidou.Cupping: An Alternative Surgical Procedure Used by Hippocratic Physicians.The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Oct 2008.899-902.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2008.0238Published in Volume: 14 Issue 8: November 6, 2008Online Ahead of Print:October 17, 2008PDF download

Controversies In Acupuncture Research: Selection of Controls and Outcome Measures In Acupuncture Clinical Trials

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 12, No. 4 EditorialsEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Back to BasicsRichard Hammerschlag and Heather ZwickeyRichard HammerschlagSearch for more papers by this author and Heather ZwickeySearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:24 May 2006https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.12.349AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail "Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Back to Basics." , 12(4), pp. 349–350FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByPoultry eggshell-derived antimicrobial materials: Current status and future perspectivesJournal of Environmental Management, Vol. 314Inter-Rater Agreement of Biofield Tuning: Testing a Novel Health Assessment Procedure Richard Hammerschlag, Eileen D. McKusick, Namuun Bat, David J. 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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 14, No. 5 LETTERS TO THE EDITORSymptom Characteristics of Kidney-Yin Deficiency and Kidney-Yang Deficiency in Hong Kong Chinese Midlife WomenRun Qiu Chen, Ke Jian Cao, Tai Hing Lam, and Chit Ming WongRun Qiu ChenSearch for more papers by this author, Ke Jian CaoSearch for more papers by this author, Tai Hing LamSearch for more papers by this author, and Chit Ming WongSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:19 Jun 2008https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2007.7202AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byHealth-related quality of life among Chinese primary care patients with different lower urinary tract symptoms: a latent class analysis14 January 2021 | Quality of Life Research, Vol. 30, No. 5Association of Menopausal Symptoms with Different Constitutions in Climacteric Women28 August 2018 | Complementary Medicine Research, Vol. 25, No. 6Yang Deficiency Body Constitution Acts as a Predictor of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Taichung Diabetic Body Constitution StudyEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 2015Reliability and validity of the Korean standard pattern identification for stroke (K-SPI-Stroke) questionnaire26 April 2012 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1Construction of a traditional Chinese medicine syndrome-specific outcome measure: the Kidney Deficiency Syndrome questionnaire (KDSQ)6 June 2012 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1BCQ–: A Body Constitution Questionnaire to Assess Yin-Xu18 December 2012 | Complementary Medicine Research, Vol. 19, No. 6Development of a Valid and Reliable Phlegm Pattern Questionnaire Young-Jae Park, Jae-Sung Park, Min-Yong Kim, and Young-Bae Park29 August 2011 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 9An evidence-based validation of traditional Chinese medicine syndromesComplementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 5 Volume 14Issue 5Jun 2008 Information© 2008 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Run Qiu Chen, Ke Jian Cao, Tai Hing Lam, and Chit Ming Wong.Symptom Characteristics of Kidney-Yin Deficiency and Kidney-Yang Deficiency in Hong Kong Chinese Midlife Women.The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Jun 2008.457-460.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2007.7202Published in Volume: 14 Issue 5: June 19, 2008Online Ahead of Print:June 4, 2008PDF download

399 The subject of acupuncture is surrounded, in some circles, with notions of mysticism and movements of energy through meridian channels invisible to the naked eye and a nomenclature for the internal organs that perplexes many Western-trained scientists confronted with the Chinese literature. While a large number of randomized controlled trials provides growing evidence of the clinical efficacy of acupuncture for treating a variety of medical conditions (National Institutes of Health, 1997; Ernst and White, 1999; Stux and Hammerschlag, 2001) a reliance on apparently unverifiable concepts of energy gives rise to considerable skepticism of this alternative medical modality. Anecdotal reports of patient improvement may be sufficient to persuade the health care consumer but failure to completely demonstrate the relationship of Oriental Medicine to known physiologic systems limits the acceptance of acupuncture in mainstream medicine. Physicians who practice medical acupuncture often provide considerable benefit to patients who have reportedly “failed” to respond to contemporary Western medicine. Thus, these physicians appreciate the enormous clinical value of acupuncture. Nonetheless, historical accounts in Europe and America of such supposedly effective medical cures as “bloodletting” and “mysterious elixirs” led Western physicians to doubt medical procedures not grounded in well-researched, biologic mechanisms and continue to fuel Western cynicism toward Oriental Medicine. However, advances in sophisticated technology utilized in the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology have the potential to lead to greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying the effects of acupuncture. In their paper “A Pilot Study of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain During Manual and Electroacupuncture Stimulation of Acupuncture Point (LI-4 Hegu) in Normal Subjects Reveals Differential Brain Activation Between Methods” (pages 411–419), Jian Kong et al. demonstrate the complexity of researching even the basic process of needling a major acupuncture point, Large Intestine 4 (LI 4). Nevertheless, their endeavor to explore the centrally mediated effects of acupuncture using functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) brain imaging techniques takes advantage of an opportunity that Chinese doctors from the past

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 12, No. 3 EditorialThe Swiss Program for the Evaluation of Complementary Medicine (PEK)Harald WalachHarald WalachSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:28 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.12.231AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail "The Swiss Program for the Evaluation of Complementary Medicine (PEK)." , 12(3), pp. 231–232FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByKommentar zum Beitrag von Norbert Schmacke: Homöopathie: Heilslehre „ohne Substanz“3 April 2020 | Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, Vol. 63, No. 5A case study on benefit coverage of complementary medicine in public health insurance by the referendum in SwitzerlandSociety of Preventive Korean Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 3Are the economics of complementary and alternative medicine different to conventional medicine?9 January 2014 | Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Vol. 9, No. 1Patient satisfaction with primary care: A comparison between conventional care and traditional Chinese medicineComplementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 6Complementary Medicine: Equity Issues in Evaluation and Policy-MakingForschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 2Medical Pluralism: Global Perspectives on Equity IssuesForschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 2Exploring Different Dimensions of Holism: Considerations in the Context of an Evaluation of Complementary Medicine in Primary CareForschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 2 Volume 12Issue 3Apr 2006 InformationCopyright 2006, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Harald Walach.The Swiss Program for the Evaluation of Complementary Medicine (PEK).The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Apr 2006.231-232.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.12.231Published in Volume: 12 Issue 3: April 28, 2006PDF download

Alternative and Complementary TherapiesVol. 9, No. 1 CorrectionCorrectionPublished Online:5 Jul 2004https://doi.org/10.1089/10762800360520820AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail "Correction." , 9(1), p. 50FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byPrevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Herbal Remedy Use in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women: Results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation Robin R. Green, Nanette Santoro, Amanda A. Allshouse, Genevieve Neal-Perry, and Carol Derby1 October 2017 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 10Complementary and Integrative Health Practices Among Hispanics Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer: Utilization and Communication with Physicians David S. Black, Chun Nok Lam, Nathalie T. Nguyen, Ugonna Ihenacho, and Jane C. Figueiredo17 June 2016 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 22, No. 6A Sociobehavioral Wellness Model of Acupuncture Use in the United States, 2007 Dawn M. Upchurch and Bethany Wexler Rainisch23 January 2014 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 1Chronic pain management by ethnically and racially diverse older adults: pharmacological and nonpharmacological pain therapiesPain Management, Vol. 3, No. 6Effect of Back Massage Intervention on Anxiety, Comfort, and Physiologic Responses in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Wei-Ling Chen, Gin-Jen Liu, Shu-Hui Yeh, Ming-Chu Chiang, Mao-Young Fu, and Yuan-Kai Hsieh7 May 2013 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 5Complementary or controversial care? The opinions of professionals on complementary and alternative interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorder26 February 2012 | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 17, No. 4Prevalence and Correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Services Use in Low-Income African Americans and Whites: A Report from the Southern Community Cohort Study Yong Cui, Margaret K. Hargreaves, Xiao-Ou Shu, Jianguo Liu, Donna M. Kenerson, Lisa B. Signorello, and William J. Blot27 August 2012 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 9“ I Have Not a Want But a Hunger to Feel No Pain” Mexican Immigrant Women with Chronic Pain: Narratives and Psychotherapeutic ImplicationsWomen & Therapy, Vol. 35, No. 1-2Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Asian Indians in the United States: A National Study Ranjita Misra, Padmini Balagopal, Maryanna Klatt, and Maureen Geraghty9 August 2010 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 8A Multivariate Test of an Expanded Andersen Health Care Utilization Model for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use in African Americans Carolyn Brown, Jamie Barner, Tom Bohman, and Kristin Richards13 August 2009 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 8Health Practices and Vaginal Microbicide Acceptability among Urban Black Women Marian Reiff, Christine Wade, Maria T. Chao, Fredi Kronenberg, and Linda F. Cushman21 September 2010 | Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 17, No. 8If You Build It, Will They Come? A Free-Care Acupuncture Clinic for Minority Adolescents in an Urban Hospital Ellen Silver Highfield, Linda Barnes, Lisa Spellman, and Robert B. Saper6 August 2008 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 6Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in African Americans Carolyn M. Brown, Jamie C. Barner, Kristin M. Richards, and Thomas M. Bohman11 October 2007 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 7The role of complementary therapies in cardiac care: Where are we now?British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, Vol. 2, No. 2Alternative therapies in critical care areas: The limitations and benefitsBritish Journal of Cardiac Nursing, Vol. 2, No. 1Acupuncture Use in the United States: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey Adam Burke, Dawn M. Upchurch, Claire Dye, and Laura Chyu13 September 2006 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 7Changes in Blood Pressure After Various Forms of Therapeutic Massage: A Preliminary Study Jerrilyn A. Cambron, Jennifer Dexheimer, and Patricia Coe22 February 2006 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1 Volume 9Issue 1Feb 2003 To cite this article:Correction.Alternative and Complementary Therapies.Feb 2003.50-50.http://doi.org/10.1089/10762800360520820Published in Volume: 9 Issue 1: July 5, 2004PDF download

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Initiatives in Europe

The present editorial wants to draw your attention, once again, to the current European CAM research situation which has been stirred and – for some people maybe even – shaken by the start of CAMbrella, the pan-European research network for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), in Munich, in January 2010 [1]. Dieter Melchart already dedicated his editorial of the last issue of Forschende Komplementarmedizin / research in complementary medicine [2] to some of the controversial questions that seem to mushroom in the CAM field as soon as anything gets the go: envy-driven and so-called skeptical positions (as if, by definition, a CAM researcher was not a skeptic, i.e. a rational and scrutiny-driven person ...) say that first, you should not have started the thing at all, and second, it would have been better if the money had been granted to the skeptics. But this is of no big interest, or: as Karlsson-on-the-Roof, the famous little flying man in Astrid Lindgren’s children’s story used to say, when he was caught with a prank: ‘This does not make odds to a great mind!’ The much more interesting question is: What is going on in CAMbrella? For a general overview, you can consult the CAMbrella website (www.cambrella.eu) which gives detailed information on the entire working process and the different questions that will have to be answered by the end of 2012, when the final CAMbrella conference will be held in Brussels. In order to be informed on a regular basis, just subscribe to the quarterly newsletter; the first two issues are already available (www.cambrella.eu/newsletter). A major goal of the project is to deliver an informed proposal to the European public of how a definition of the various medicines could work that encompasses the whole of Europe (in its difference to North America or Asia) and at the same time does not eliminate the oddities and peculiarities of different regional traditions. Given the 27 member states and the 3 candidate countries (Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey), this is not a small task. For instance, is the term ‘Integrative Medicine’ suitable for the European patchwork situation? This notion is heavily doubted by the editor in chief of this journal, Harald Walach [3], for instance. Should we use a term that takes into account the European aspect, e.g. ‘Traditional European Medicine,’ a term which was coined to counterbalance the traditional Asiatic medicines like TCM or TTM, or should we stick to the NCCAM definition, for the sake of interrelatedness? How about the classical term of ‘Naturheilkunde’ in the German context or ‘Non-Conventional Medicine’ which seems to be more prevalent in the northern countries? One of CAMbrella’s tasks – in fact a fairly fundamental one – is the establishment of a glossary of CAM in Europe that includes a comprehensive definition of what CAM means in the European context. As one of the journals in the field – and the most relevant European one in that matter – Forschende Komplementarmedizin / research in complementary medicine wishes to offer particular input to that debate that was opened at the ISCMR [4] workshop ‘Complementary or Integrated? – Clarifying the Concepts’ at the ECIM congress in Berlin, in November 2009. At that workshop, Claudia Witt, Associate Editor, and Harald Walach, Editor in Chief of the present journal both gave topical statements regarding the definitional issues, and the ensuing discussion with the audience was a friendly and open, yet conceptionally sharp debate. ‘The targeted outcome’ of the Berlin workshop was to start ‘a series of, hopefully, clarifying discourses around the notion of integrative versus complementary medicine’ [5]. To continue this process for its own sake and the whole field as well as to give an informed input to the discussions that have to take place within the CAMbrella group, the Associate Editors of Forschende Komplementarmedizin / research in complementary medicine will share their ideas about that subject in one of the following issues of this journal.

See related article, pages 1973–1979. The lack of effective and widely applicable pharmacological treatments for ischemic stroke patients may explain a growing interest in traditional medicines, for which extensive observational and anecdotal experience has accumulated over the past thousand years. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as “health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being”.1 Unlike Western medicine, which focuses on disease, traditional medicine takes the approach that the body provides external clues to an internal imbalance that can be addressed by interventions such as herbs and acupuncture (holistic treatment approach).2 According to a 2003 WHO report,1 traditional medicine is very popular in all developing countries, and its use is rapidly increasing in industrialized countries. For example, traditional herbal preparations account for 30% to 50% of the total medicinal consumption in China. In Europe, North America and other industrialized regions, over 50% of the population have used traditional medicine at least once. The global market for herbal medicines currently stands at over US $60 billion annually and is growing steadily.1 In recent years, several reviews have been published on the effect and potential benefits of traditional Eastern medicine in stroke.3–7 It has been suggested that some herbal medicines, or their products, may improve microcirculation in the brain,4,8 protect against ischemic reperfusion injury,8,9 possess neuroprotective properties3,4 and inhibit apoptosis,10 thus justifying their use in ischemic stroke patients. However, unlike industrially manufactured pharmacological drugs used in Western medicine, the active (potent) components of herbal medicines often have not been specified and measured precisely, although there have been recent attempts to regulate dosages and use of …

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVol. 23, No. 2 EditorialChinese TCM Renaissance and the Global Movement for Integrative Health and MedicineJohn WeeksJohn WeeksSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Feb 2017https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2017.29019.jjwAboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byChinese herbal therapy in the management of rhinosinusitis—A systematic review and meta-analysis1 December 2022 | PLOS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 12Body constitution of traditional Chinese medicine caused a significant effect on depression in adult womenComplementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 42Association between dry eye and traditional Chinese medicine body constitutions15 January 2021 | Medicine, Vol. 100, No. 2Estimated Number of Acupuncture Practitioners in Mainland China in 2018: Multiperspectives Arthur Yin Fan, Deguang He, Sherman Gu, Haihe Tian, Hui Ouyang, Hui Wei, Changzhen Gong, Sarah Faggert Alemi, and Xiaoyin Zhao19 October 2020 | Medical Acupuncture, Vol. 32, No. 5Chinese herbal medicine for COVID-19: Current evidence with systematic review and meta-analysisJournal of Integrative Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 5Universities of Chinese Medicine Enter the Global Stage of Best Universities Rankings in 2020 Arthur Yin Fan, Hui Wei, Haihe Tian, Jane Huang, and Sarah Faggert Alemi16 June 2020 | Medical Acupuncture, Vol. 32, No. 3Chinese Herbal Medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Text-Mining the Classical Literature for Potentially Effective Natural ProductsEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 2020Challenges for the Future and the Role of Industrial Policy4 August 2020Chinese herbal medicine for vascular cognitive impairment in cerebral small vessel disease2 October 2020 | Medicine, Vol. 99, No. 40Chinese Herbal Medicine for Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Montreal Cognitive Assessment: A Systematic Review Lin Dong, Anna J. Hyde, Anthony Lin Zhang, Charlie Changli Xue, and Brian H. May4 June 2019 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 6Doing Better with What We've Got: Implementation Science in Integrative Health Amidst New Attention to Health Services Research John Weeks14 December 2018 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 12Distribution of licensed acupuncturists and educational institutions in the United States at the start of 2018Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol. 41The Capabilities of Nurses for Complementary and Traditional Medicine Integration in Africa Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Kabila Abass, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, Burnett Tetteh Accam, and Victoria Mensah Nyamadi1 March 2018 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 3Re: “Chinese TCM Renaissance and the Global Movement for Integrative Health and Medicine” by Weeks (J Altern Complement Med 2017;23:79–81) Arthur Yin Fan and Sarah Faggert1 November 2017 | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 11 Volume 23Issue 2Feb 2017 InformationCopyright 2017, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:John Weeks.Chinese TCM Renaissance and the Global Movement for Integrative Health and Medicine.The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.Feb 2017.79-81.http://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2017.29019.jjwPublished in Volume: 23 Issue 2: February 1, 2017PDF download