Korean Pharmacopuncture Meets Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture - A Short Review Article Including a Bibliometric Analysis of Pharmacopuncture over the Last 15 Years - Pharmacopuncture and Europe

Litscher, Daniela; Litscher, Gerhard; Kang, Dae-In

doi:10.3831/kpi.2013.16.004

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“…Aqua-acupuncture (AA), sometimes called pharmacopuncture, involves the injection of sterile liquids into acupuncture points in order to stimulate the point. 20 AA may provide a more prolonged stimulus at an acupoint than DNAP. Mildly caustic or autologous substances (i.e.…”

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Ways to Improve Acupuncture Outcomes in Equine Practice

Xie¹,

Holyoak²

2020

American Journal of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine

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Acupuncture is the most extensively researched modality under the umbrella of both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and traditional Chinese veterinary medicine (TCVM). It has been demonstrated that it induces local, segmental, central and autonomic effects, many of which have the potential to strongly decrease nociceptive signals and pain perception. Acupuncture has been used for many equine clinical conditions including lameness and is now a familiar treatment modality to both horse owners and equine veterinary practitioners. This paper will review the main factors that impact clinical results, describe treatment plans for common lameness presentations, and outline several case examples.

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Section: Aqua-acupuncturementioning

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Ways to Improve Acupuncture Outcomes in Equine Practice

Xie¹,

Holyoak²

2020

American Journal of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine

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“…Here, a study from 2013 should be mentioned. It deals with the topic of pharmacopuncture in general, which means the injections of special drugs into defined acupuncture points [ 12 , 13 ]. A very interesting article about this topic was published in 2014 by Italian researchers [ 14 ].…”

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The History of Liquid Ear Acupuncture and the Current Scientific State of the Art

Litscher

2016

J. Pharmacopunct

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This short review article presents a current overview of existing publications and scientific results regarding liquid (ear) acupuncture. The injection of liquids into defined acupuncture points of the ear is not a method commonly used in the Western world. The term liquid acupuncture has different definitions, which makes understanding each definition and differentiating one from the other difficult. General terms like pharmacopuncture, homeosiniatry, and liquid acupuncture, which all describe the method of injecting different kinds of drugs into a defined body acupuncture point, are used. This article presents the history of liquid acupuncture, as well as the current scientific state of the art, from the point of view of two European researchers. Some articles are discussed and a few practical examples are presented.

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“…Although a review article longitudinally analyzed pharmacopuncture studies published in South Korea until 2014 [ 7 ], new studies have been published in this field for approximately 10 years since then. A short review by Litscher et al described a bibliometric analysis of pharmacopuncture studies published up to 2012, but acua-acupuncture in TCM and pharmacopuncture in KM were not distinguished; furthermore, the analytical method used was simple and lacked visualization [ 16 ]. Therefore, this study was performed to investigate the research trends in pharmacopuncture through a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer.…”

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Research Trends of Pharmacopuncture: a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer (2007-2023)

Kwon

2023

J Pharmacopuncture

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Objectives Pharmacopuncture is considered a unique new type of acupuncture in Korean medicine (KM). This study was performed to investigate the research trends regarding pharmacopuncture through a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer. Methods The Web of Science Core Collection was searched for this study. The search terms were pharmacopuncture and pharmaco-puncture. The search was conducted on May 23, 2023, and 185 studies retrieved up to this date were included. Software VOSviewer version 1.6.19 was used to perform the bibliometric analysis. After data clearing, keyword co-occurrence and cooperation pattern analyses were performed. Results The number of studies on pharmacopuncture have gradually increased since the mid-2000s, with the most published in 2020 (46 studies). The quality of the studies has also steadily increased, and recently, several randomized controlled trials of pharmacopuncture have been conducted. Moreover, this treatment has been investigated in the context of KM clinical practice guideline development in Korea. The scope of pharmacopuncture studies to date seems to be limited to musculoskeletal pain and bee venom pharmacopuncture. The researchers from Jaseng Medical Foundation have been the core researchers in the field of pharmacopuncture in Korea. They collaborated with researchers from universities or government-funded research institutes. However, small-scale research teams from KM clinics and university researchers were also identified as independent clusters. Conclusion Pharmacopuncture research has grown both quantitatively and qualitatively, but the scope needs to be further expanded. There is also a gap between the use of pharmacopuncture by KM doctors in clinical settings and pharmacopuncture research. Based on these findings, some suggestions for future studies in this field are discussed. Furthermore, these findings may be used as data to expand and globalize pharmacopuncture research in the future.

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Korean Pharmacopuncture Meets Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture - A Short Review Article Including a Bibliometric Analysis of Pharmacopuncture over the Last 15 Years - Pharmacopuncture and Europe

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Ways to Improve Acupuncture Outcomes in Equine Practice

Ways to Improve Acupuncture Outcomes in Equine Practice

The History of Liquid Ear Acupuncture and the Current Scientific State of the Art

Research Trends of Pharmacopuncture: a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer (2007-2023)

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