“This is clearly a third bodily system for the circulation of fluids,” in addition to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems, says Rebecca Wells, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior author of the study. The human body suddenly looked less like a patchwork quilt and more like a knitted blanket.
If you are my patient, you already know how important the gut microbiome is to your health and well-being. This video helps explain things a bit further from one of the worlds prominent researchers on how to improve the microbiota with herbal medicine.
“...findings suggest that moxibustion treats IBS by modulating the gut microbiota.”
A study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine titled, “Acupuncture vs intravenous morphine in the management of acute pain in the ED.”
“...the acupuncture group saw a great pain-relieving effect, which occurred faster, with significantly less side effects.”
https://www.paintreatmentdirectory.com/posts/acupuncture-beats-injected-morphine-for-pain-groundbreaking-study-3245?fbclid=IwAR0s6oZVoXLDh7NCNr8J7KYNVoci8RwPCf9saysqPnFI14aMLKXOh-ZhAys
RICE guidelines have been used for decades, but new research shows ice actually delays healing and recovery.
Chinese medicine has said this for thousands of years. “Ice is for dead people.”
Harvard University's renown fascia researcher Helene Langevin, MD, and co-author Rosa Schnyer, PhD, LAc propose that elements of classical acupuncture "are related to important 21st century advances in physiology and medicine, including systems biology, cross-system integration, matrix biology and mechanotherapeutics."
Years after research contradicts common practices, patients continue to demand them and doctors continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/when-evidence-says-no-but-doctors-say-yes