Tonification of Spleen 21: A Viable Treatment Option within the Akabane Protocol for Practitioners of Five Element Acupuncture? A Pilot Study
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Tonification of Spleen 21: A Viable Treatment Option within the Akabane Protocol for Practitioners of Five Element Acupuncture? A Pilot Study
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EJOM (2007), Graham, Richard.
Abstract
This randomised controlled study compares the treatment results in two groups of participants who were found to have Akabane imbalances. Participants in one group were treated using the Akabane protocol currently taught to practitioners of Five Element Acupuncture. Participants in the other group were treated with a bilateral needling of Spleen 21. The group treated using the protocol taught at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, which requires the tonification of luopoints of the affected meridians, were found to have improved significantly after treatment (26.55%). However, the group treated using bilateral tonification of Spleen 21 had an even greater measure of improvement (52.12%). This suggests that the bilateral tonification of Spleen 21 appears to be more effective than the tonification ofluopoints in the treatment of meridian imbalances. Improvement and modernisation of the current testing procedure are recommended. A comparison between the bilateral tonification of Spleen 21, backshu,luo,yuanandjingpoints, in the treatment of meridian imbalances, is recommended for future clinical trials.
Alternative Title
EJOM
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2/26/2015
Language
English
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Type
Journal Article
issn
1351-6647
issue
5
volume
5