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Acupuncture – a treatment to die for? A review of Edzard Ernst's article in The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine  In his  editorial, Ernst says of acupuncture that, "serious complications, including deaths, have been noted with some regularity".(Ernst 2010)  This, along with the dramatic title, is a disturbing statement. However after reading the article one is left wi ...

Patient Male, 32 years old, stabbed between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebra - homicide attempt. On surgery, the neurosurgeon saw the complete damage of the spinal cord between cervical vertebras five and six. After surgery the patient was transferred to a neurology ward for rehabilitation and other investigations. As Acupuncturist I was called by my fellows neurologists to try to treat the c ...

Patient Female: 31 years Introduction Hysterosalpingography showed both fallopian tubes blocked at both ends with signs of hydrosalpinx. No prospect of successful surgery was ofered. No sign of current infection. Had prolonged pelvic inflammatory disease in 1991 with long-term pain following. Generally few current symptoms. Some signs of mild Liver fire (red tongue sides and premenstrual irritabil ...

A case report Herpes zoster,a sporadic disease, is the consequence of reactivation of latent VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) from the dorsal root ganglion. Shingles or herpes zoster is characterised by a unilateral vesicular eruption within a dermatome often associated with severe pain. Most debilitating complication of herpes zoster is pain associated with acute neuritis and post herpetic neuralgia ...