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Effects of AIF on Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: Double-blind, Randomized Placebo-controlled Study

Abstract Anti-inflammatory factor (AIF) is a water soluble extract of three herbs, Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen, Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch and Eleutherococcus senticosus. The present study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of herb extracts, AIF, on Korean knee osteoarthritis patients for six weeks. Fifty seven patients with knee osteoarthritis, ranging from 43 [...]

Arthritis of the Knee, Acupuncture & TDP Lamp

Arthritis of the Knee, Acupuncture & TDP Lamp   abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA) Keywords: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, electric moxibustion, TDP lamp, arthritis of the knee, gonarthritis Gonarthritis or arthritis of the knee simply means inflammation of the knee joint. It is a commonly seen condition in the clinical [...]

Bee Venom Acupuncture in the Treatment of Arthritis

An Overview of Bee Venom Acupuncture in the Treatment of Arthritis Jae-Dong Lee1,*, Hi-Joon Park2,*, Younbyoung Chae2 and Sabina Lim2, 1Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Seoul College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University Seoul, South Korea, and 2Department of Meridian and Acupuncture, Seoul College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University Seoul, South Korea For reprints [...]