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Case Studies
Chinerchi helps renal disease patients improve symptoms in three weeks. A few weeks ago, a young man, Al, writes to me about his father Shanty who was diagnosed with renal disease and is now on heavy medication. If I'm able to do some treatment I can help. After a few treatments Shanty's symptoms have greatly reduced: dry month is gone, not needing to get up to the toilet too frequent and passing urine is in good flow. He now has more energy and we see in his new blood tests that his reading has started to change. Shanty now has a vibrant glow in his face. Review of the treatment In Al's first time email he said: "My dad is in his 70s and is a healthy active man. This is his only health issue". Renal disease is blood over loaded with protein which blocks kidney functions. This can be very dangerous. After I met Shanty I discovered he has had diabetes for 15 years, high blood pressure for 5 years and for both conditions he is taking medication. I explained for both of them: No patient could have only one part of their body not healthy because the body is a networked system. When a diabetic's blood sugar becomes high it poisons the body and long term medication inflicts chronic damage to the whole system. High blood pressure can be the result of diabetes and kidney failure is a results of high blood pressure and diabetes.
High blood presues and diabetes
kidney disease normal kidney My treatment plan for Shanty: Chinerchi therapy Work on the digestive system to help the pancreas function and energize the heart and kidney. Change diet: The patient loves bread and is having it 3 times a day. They need to reduce this to a minimum amount to help the pancreas rest and heal. Stop eating protein packed food to reduce pressure on the kidneys.
Shanty and Al both said: "Amazing". When you know the key to healing it can be simple.
Chinerchi helps sluggish and aching body to look and feel younger
I am 45 years old professional and business owner. My work demands a lot of energy and as a result, during the last couple of years I have found myself feeling tired, sluggish, weak at times and wake up during the night causing constant disruption to my sleep patterns. My body use to ache constantly in my lower back, leg joints and I needed to take pain killers every couple of weeks. Since having treatment at Chinerchi clinic since 20th November my health has shown great improvement. My body feels light, energetic and I am now enjoying a good night's sleep. Pain free body. No pain killers anymore and the treatments have definitely helped to improve my physical balance and to have the will power to stop my smoking of 10 years. I have had about 4 Chinerchi therapy sessions, one body implant and two facial implant acupuncture. My appearance has been improving. My face shape looks younger, fresh, and slim and my skin is soft, clearer, and also more vibrant. I am very happy with my new found health, quality of life and new image. Anita Review of the treatments:
Electronic acupuncture helps an 8 month old baby with sever eczema
My baby daughter Indie only 8 months old had severe eczema since she was 7 weeks older. Her little body, face and scalp was all covered with a red rash, weepy sores and she felt itching all time. She had never been a good sleeper nor had a great apatite and her bowel motion is loose. The itchiness makes her irritated; she was often restless and crying. To watch her suffering makes me very upset, it has felt like a living nightmare. I have taken her to visit 3 paediatricians who treat allergies and eczema in children, I have spent well over a thousand dollars, and the only answer I get is using cream for her skin and special food formula to feed her and that she may out grow her food allergies. A friend tells me about Angela clinic, after 4 visit my baby skin has transformed. You can see from the photos every visit makes some improvements, after 4 treatments big changes have happened. Now her face skin is becoming smooth, she is only waking once during the night whereas previously she was up lots! Now Indie still have ongoing treatment with Angela to stabilize her improvements First time for long time she is becoming a happy baby. Now I don't need the cream for her skin because I'm aware the side effect and I have changed her food with Angela's guidance and from my own research. Now Indie has a much better apatite. I am so happy to see my babies beautiful happy face, it feels like a miracle. Steph Review of the treatments:
Chinerchi help hyperthyroidism (an over-active thyroid)
Hyper-thyroid patient's typical symptoms is bulgy eyes and swollen neck, after treatments the bulgy eye and swollen neck disappeared. I decided to see Angela at 28-July 2012 as I was absolutely sick of being unwell. I had numerous health issues over the last two years and at 23 years old I knew I could be healthier. After my first energy session I noticed I was no longer waking numerous times in the night, I now sleep deeply every night without tossing and turning. I developed hyperthyroidism (an over-active thyroid) two years ago and my body has now started to normalise after implant acupuncture and energy sessions. I no longer have an enlarged goitre (throat), my heart rate has stopped racing and I now take half the dose of medication I had been taking for the past two years. From my teenage time I have always had irregular periods, I would get one every two or three months or sometimes every six months. After seeing Angela for a few months I am now getting regular periods to the exact day. This had never occurred before in my life! I also noticed changes that I didn't expect to be so drastic. I lost 9kg in approximately 2-3 months without any real effort, from 85 KG down to 76 kg. My mental clarity has improved immensely and I feel a lot more confident and focused as well. I have full time employment and a job I love with passion. Thank you Angela for literally changing my life! I will be forever grateful for your help. Anna McAlister. Review of the treatments Anna first comes for her Hyper-thyroid problems. I discover she has lots of other health issues. Not able to have deep sleep, loose bowl motion, irregular periods, water retention and overweight, tired all time, lacking of confidence and mental clarity. When a healer facing a patient, no matter how complicated conditions, you need to see the root of the problems and to make right treatment plan to achieve healing results. In Chinese medicine, Hyper-thyroid problems is liver condition, Not able to have deep sleep, regular periods and water retention are kidney issues. Treatment need to energizing liver and kidney, when these organs fully charged they will function well. This is why healing can be simple. Frozen shoulder for 6 month facing surgery. Chinerchi helps the movement 100% back and pain free
Foheem is a 65 years old senior engineer and have a busy life -responsible position in he's company. He had a frozen shoulder for 6 month. Start from right arm them develop to left arm. He has been to 10 times Physical Therapy with out results. Doctor recommendation is surgery. His church friend suggested chinerchi therapy When he is first visit clinic 8,February 2012 . He was in terrible pain: couldn't lift arm, not able to put hand in back his pocket to take his wallet, not able to have a good sleep and lacking of energy. After about 6 Chinerchi treatments and two implant acupuncture. Foheem make 100% recovery, no pain, total movements back. He said early this week "that is a magic!" Review of the treatment. Foheem main symptoms is both shoulder pain very little movements. The root of his problems is in his vital organs lacking of energy: heart and lungs. Because the heart and lungs meridians channels is through shoulder to hands. When this centre "batteries" lacking of power. Your arm has not power to functions. If your dining room light not working, that is not about the polish or change the bulb, is to check the power centre if any missing connection.
heart meridians Chinerchi is about make energy connection and charge up your own organs "batteries ". Foheem have high blood pressure, high cholesterol for many years and take medication to control it. High blood pressure indicate weakened heart, high cholesterol indicate weakened liver. That can both negatively affect his kidney and lungs. His frozen shoulder condition was very bad, when you understand the root of problems, healing can be simple. Treat frozen shoulder the secret is treat the whole body not only work on arm.
11 year old girl freed from inhaler and now able to play sports11/10/2012 Jing Mei is an 11 year old school girl and has had asthma since about 4 years old, needing inhalers most of the time during the winter and spring months every year because she would often become short of breath and lack in energy. Her mum brought her to the clinic in June because she was experiencing sore knee problems that prevented her from being able to play sports over the last few months. She had two energy therapy and one implant acupuncture therapy to address her knee problems, and we decided to address her asthma at the same time. Since then, she has only used her inhaler a couple of times at night during this winter and spring months, unlike previous years where she needed to use the inhaler often through the day and night (almost every hour). Her mum would also have to take her to the A&E clinic sometimes and if she had a cold, it would get soo bad that she was admitted into hospital on several occasions. This winter gone past she had a little cold that lasted a few days but there were no hospital visits required. She is a happier and healthier child overall, able to run and play sports like a normal kid her age and to not have to rely on her inhaler. Review of the treatments: Jing Mei comes for sore knee and asthma. In Chinese medicine we need to treat internal organs. Knee weakness often relating to weak stomach, asthma is relating to lung and colon. Jing Mei looks normal is her body shape. But she is never really hungry enough to enjoy food and absorbing food, she never energetic enough to play sports. Chinerchi therapy helped to increase her digestive energy, her body able to absorbing, received lot of more nutrition, the breathing functions and the immune system get stronger. Jing Mei's Mum Pauline said since year's ode has asthma, this is the best year for Jing Mei's health. From Chinerchi point of view, get energy flow healing can be simple. Recovery from 25 years of keen injury21/09/2012
Chris is a 50 years old business man and a farmer. He had a motor bike accident 25 years ago, after surgery the lift knee has become a permanently weak part of his body. Every winter he has to live with a sore, swollen knee that has had a big impact to his mobility and physical strength. After the few sessions of Chinerchi therapy, His knee made a remarkable recovery. That is the first time in 25 years Chris has no knee pain during winter and enables him to do all hard physical work at the farm and business. . Review of the treatment Chris's knee had been physically damaged and surgically repaired. That has left permanent weakness there: the old scar has blocked blood circulation, restricted the Muscle movement. In doctor's eyes that is beyond healing. From Chinerchi point of view: Your body is a dynamic ocean and your limbs are the river of the ocean, when the whole body vital organs are charged with energy and oxygen, the rest of body will receive healthy blood that can function in different levels. The tendons and muscles can re-grow in a cellular level - healing can be simple. Early Menopause woman get pregnant21/09/2012 Sandy is a 38 years old professional woman. She has two teenage boys from her first marriage. Sandy is married to a second husband and wishes to have baby with new family. Sandy visited the Chinerchi clinic and was recommended by a friend. The wish list is: want to lose weight, remove chronic headache and sore back. Also she has a dream to get pregnant. She was telling me in tears: the doctor has diagnosed her with early stage of menopause. To have another baby is almost impossible. After about two months of Chinerchi therapy, Sandy wrote to me on her overseas holiday: "I am pregnant! I don't know what you did to me!" Review of the treatment: Sandy's health is not in the best shape: overweight, lacking of energy, chronic sore back and headache. In Chinese medicine: sore back and headache all relate to kidney energy deficiency, because the kidney is located in the lower back and the kidney is the foundation of brain functions. Also partly the reason for being overweight and having no energy is because her water retention was over loaded. Kidney energy controls water. Kidney energy is also is foundation of reproduction of life. Chinerchi helped Sandy strengthen her kidney energy, before she is got pregnant, Sandy's whole health has already improved: free from a sore back and headaches, lost a few kgs, more energy. When your body is in natural healthy state getting pregnant is only natural. 25 years of daily spot bleeding stopped after Chinerchi Therapy treatments.15 August 2012
I am a 45 year old female, part-time psychology student and social worker. I visited the Chinerchi Clinic because I wanted to increase my energy in order to get my study plans for my Doctorate degree on track. Through health analysis Angela thought working on my past gynaecological issue was the priority. I have nonstop daily spot bleeding, heavy, 7 days clotty periods with low iron for the past 25 years. The specialist's recommendation and only option offered was a hysterectomy. This was not my option and I have chosen to live with it and accept that it is part of my normal life. Yet, after just one energy treatment from Angela the spot bleeding markedly improved and more often I have spot free days. My next menstrual cycle was lighter and less clotty and my iron levels are better, so is my energy and concentration.
I used to sleep and eat excessively. After sleep I didn't feel refreshed, often more tired while struggling with constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) for at least the past five years. Losing blood means you are losing your life force. Traceyanne was losing blood all the time, so how could she have any energy? Her bowel movements every 3-5 days means the toxins are over loaded in her body, so how can her body function normally?
In Chinese medicine spleen function controls the blood. When digestion improves bleeding will stop, bowel motions can move normally, the body can be free from the toxins, and the blood can become clean and light. The mental energy will also be better. Traceyanne's case looks complicated. Chinerchi helps to analysis her inner organs functions and to improve them. To treat the cause then healing can be simple.
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Grant is a school boy with a very bad cough that effected him, he couldn't sleep, had no appetite, no energy, he was missing school for a few days. He was on steroid medical drugs that were making him very weak.
Grant now has deep sleeps, less coughing, a good appetite, good energy and is back at school. He also started to play sports again after two Chinerchi Therapy session. Grant had a total of four treatments. Then he is stopped the medical drugs and is back to his normal self again.
Review of the Treatment:
Grant's bronchitis was the main reason for his visit to the clinic. But through health analysis I found Grant had a list of existing health issues:
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This time the bronchitis is result of the combination of inner organs weakness. The treatment need to work on kidney and stomach first, to get him a deep sleep and good apatite. When these areas energy up the whole body immune system get strong and healing become simple. Grant's loving parent's awareness of natural health prevention, and Grant self understanding the emotional stress in lung conditions also can support the healing. Grant's father David has a positive experience with Chinerchi therapy to help him get free from medication for his active arthritis last year. Chinerchi not only help Grant to get well from bronchitis and also a health make over. Above the long list of symptoms disappeared, that get Grant better energy, better school performance and more confidence. |
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How Chinerchi helps multiple health issues - arthritis, rosacea, light sleep, constipation all at the same time?
26 May 2012
Kate is a professional young woman who has a good position in her company. She visited the clinic for low energy, bad sleep, arthritis in her hand, and severe constipation. She also has Rosacea in her face. Kate eats healthy food and also exercises but it seems not enough to keep her in good health.
After one Chinerchi therapy treatment and one implant acupuncture, Kate started to have good deep sleep, much better energy levels and the arthritis pain in her hands disappeared. The rosacea in her face started to fade and became invisible. Her bowel motion started to have easy movement and also became regular.
In western medicine arthritis in the hands and rosacea on the face is two separate health issues. In Chinese medicine they are two symptoms from one cause - an unhealthy liver.
Liver energy nourishes all joints and keeps cartilage thick and strong. When you have joint pain it is an indication that the liver is lacking nutrients, so the cartilage becomes thin and the tissues and joints become swollen. The Liver also filters the blood and detoxes the whole body. When you see rosacea in your face, this indicates that the blood has become sticky and it blocks the blood vessels. Chinerchi therapy focuses on improving liver energy. So this helps to reduce both symptoms.
Light sleep is related to the kidney energy, and constipation is related to lung energy. The whole body energy is built up with every organ functioning better.
Treat the internal organs and treat the whole body, this is the secret of Chinerchi therapy.
Lung cancer reduced in size after Chinerchi therapy.
30 April 2012Steve is a 67 year old professional male from Palmerston North. Last year he was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. He had problems lifting his arm and pain around the shoulder area. In the following months he found himself always getting tired easily and had a continuous sore back and eventually moving around to the front area under the rib cage. The pain was so bad he was not able to sleep in bed - only upright in armchair and needed a lot of pain killers.
When there was no relief in the pain or movement of the arm last December, Steve finally had a CAT scan and was diagnosed with lung cancer which had already spread to his spine and affected his shoulder.
Different Specialist doctors had been giving him a few ideas about how long he possibly had to live.
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When Steve started Chinerchi therapy in January this year, he had just finished a course of radio therapy to urgently decrease the tumour on his spine so it would not cut off the Spinal Cord. He was having a lot of pain in his back and arm. He couldn't lift his arm and was only able to walk about 10 minutes, he had no appetite for food, needed pain killers to manage the pain and sleeping pills to go to sleep.
Doctors had recommended chemotherapy, but Steve was reluctant and so waited to see what the result of another x-ray would be.
Steve's wife Vivian had skin issues a few years back. Chinerchi therapy helped her appearance totally recover and back to normal. After a serious discussion in the family Steve decided not to go for chemotherapy and travelled to Auckland to visit Chinerchi clinic. He had 6 chinerchi therapies and 3 implant acupuncture sessions.
Now Steve is off all pain killers and sleeping pills. He plays golf again twice a week and working part time in his own business, feeling healthier ,energetic and is eating normally again..
On 23 February I received an email from his wife Viv:
"After your treatment Steve came home looking so much better as you would have seen when he left you. His energy levels were much better and eating habits too. Although he is really looking at what he eats now, and well aware to keep the body Alkaline.
The news is that the lung cancer has decreased in size, his scapular tumour has also decreased and better still the spinal tumour has not grown anymore and we wait to see what happens in the next 4 weeks as we had an x-ray and will repeat that again to see if there is any growth. The Oncologist is confident that we will hold off the Chemotherapy until such time which is such good news for us as we were not very happy to go through that. Together with the Radiation and Chinerchi correcting his energy levels and clearing the path for his body to work better, I feel that you have been very successful in helping Steve to this point and would like to thank you very very much for that".
Last week I talked to Steve and Viv and the latest medical report is that the cancer has reduced in size even further. From their voices on the phone I can sense that they are so happy they get their lives back again.
Review of the Treatment:
Steve's lung cancer had already spread to his spine and affected his shoulder. Although this may seem frightening, from Chinerchi Point of view, this is not a death sentence. Every human body could have cancer cells. When your immune system is strong, they can never show up to affect your body function. When your immune system is lower, the toxins will be higher in your body and the cancer cell can grow. Chinerchi therapy supports the body energy flow, when the healthy energy dominates, the cancer cell can't grow, and the tumour will reduce in size. Also the healthy cell grows and the body starts to function normally. Steve's own determination for healing and loving family support, life style changes, all take part in his recovery.
In one family, three ladies and three generations healed at the same time.
20 Feb 2012
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I began bringing both my 6 year old daughter and 92 year old grandmother to Angela for treatment after conventional treatments were not helping either of them, and I was at a loss of what to do. On discovering Angela's website very late at night, as I was not sleeping well due to worry, I booked in both to see her.
My daughter Meila:
My 6 year old daughter had suffered from impacted bowel encropresis for last 18 month and gone through traumatizing clear outs, ongoing stool accidents, urine infections, numerous x-rays over the last 18 months and daily medication that just was not working.
On our first session Angela advised me that my daughters issue was easy to fix, and advised that we were to change her eating plan and definitely no more cold water from the fridge. It was around 36 hours after her 1st treatment that she told me her tummy was numbly and she went to the toilet and had a great clear out of the bowels with well formed stool. This was a shock to me as I had also taken her off the doctor's laxative medication. To date my daughter has not had any further soiling accidents and we are so relieved as she has started the new year at school. She is also more settled in her behaviour and has definitely more energy.
My nana Fay:
For my 92 year old grandmother she was suffering from a very bad chesty/phlegm coughing, asthma and very bad swelling of her legs.
Angela said that yes it was her age and her Kidney's starting to fail etc, but with treatment we can help her with her energy levels to keep on going. I was very relieved to hear this as conventional medicine had pretty much given up and would not do anything for her as she was on maximum medication.
I continued to bring nana for treatment before going away and after every treatment her cough and phlegm reduced, she started to have a deeper sleep, the swelling in her legs reduced and the vibrant colour of her skin came back. When extended family saw her they would comment on how well she looked and continued to do so, that she recently went on a trip with my mother to Blenheim and Christchurch to visit family and friends.
My story:
This story does not end here, just before we were due to go on holiday Angela mentioned to me that I must see her when I get back from holiday for treatment. I had never mentioned the issues I was having with my own health but she looked at my face and asked to see my tongue. I personally suffer from very heavy periods that can last 6 weeks +, huge blood clots and have ongoing medication to stop the bleeding. 3 days after Angela had mentioned this to me I am in Brisbane and end up in hospital on a drip and pain medication. As soon as I came back to New Zealand I had my first treatment with Angela and this stopped the bleeding and I also had such a great sleep!!!!!! I also started on Angela's eating plan and something as simple as eliminating protein from my night meal meant that I woke to feeling light in the morning. I continue to see Angela and I have noticed the colour coming back to my complexion and I definitely have more energy and my jeans feel looser. I thank Angela for what she had done for my family and truly know that her healing truly works.
Broken elbow, chronic bowel problems, sluggish putting on weight and painful neck
19-12-2011
Christina
My name is Christina and I am 69 years old. In 2007 I broke my elbow and had complications due to incorrect diagnosis from my doctor. 17 years ago I had major bowel surgery and in the past 4-5 years( before going to the Clinic) my bowels had been deteriorating and I could not go anywhere unless I was close to a toilet.
I had been to two specialists about the lack of coordination of my arm and hand: one said I had Arthritis and the other said I had had a stroke!!! And I needed a MRI scan to see the amount of damage on my brain???? The bowel surgeon wanted to operate again and the arthritis specialist wanted to put me on heavy medication which I did not agree with. So what did I have to lose? The past 18 months I had been feeling very sluggish and exhausted, I keep putting on weight. I also felt I was holding a lot of water. I had at least 7-10 bowel movements a day of which I drained me.
When I went to Angela at the Chinerchi Clinic in 2009 it was really a last resort for me and thank goodness I did. My health has never been better and my bowels are regular and I feel energetic again. I sleep well and have managed to lose 5 kg of weight. I have gone back to Angela in the past few weeks as I had a painful neck, I have had energy treatment and acupuncture and this has done wonders, the acute pain has gone
Review of treatment
Christina health condition looks very complicated: Broken elbow, chronic bowel problems, she has been suffering for 5 years, feeling Sluggish, putting on weight and painful neck. The list could be bigger: bad sleep, exhaustion and aching muscles.
From Chinerchi point of view, healing can be simple. Behind all complications and diseases, there are only two reasons: body has no energy and toxins over loading. There are three keys to healing: Restore the energy flow and remove toxins also work on the whole body connection. Support the body to heal itself.
After about 3-4 weeks of treatments Christina's overall health was transformed. In her case, the chronic bowel problem was the worst one. In Chinese medicine, your body is a mechanic system and the stomach is a dish to receive food, the abdominal energy is a warm oven to processing food. If the oven is too cold, the food does not get processed and would just pass through. There will be no nutrition absorbed by the body. Treatment is simply to make energy flow and warm up the oven and food gets well absorbed. 7-10 bowel movements a day become 1-2 a day.
Chronic loose bowel is a very common problem and is easy to be over looked. Often patients just accept that and think that suffering is part of life or believe nothing can be done. As a result they suffer malnutrition, draining energy and health deteriorating. Chinerchi therapy is available to help you.
Chinerchi therapy helps 18 month old baby with slow development to make recovery.
20 Jan 2012
Angela is a 16 month older little baby girl. Her parents bring her to visit the clinic as recommend by Angela's nanny Pamela. Who had a long history of sore back and Chinerchi therapy was able to remove the pain and help her continue to work.
Angela shows slow development mentally and physically. She can not stand up for more than a minute; she did not engage with any conversations, parents were wondering if she knew her name? Her Mother has taken her for tests - over all developmental delay of approx 4 to 6 months
Angela has had 14 electronic acupuncture treatments since 18thNovember 2011. Since then her overall health has been transformed. Every visit Angela shows obvious improvement. After her first treatment Angela had her best long deep sleep. After4 treatments she starts to look at iPhone children's games and now she can play the game herself.
Angela now is able to engage with conversations. When you call her name, her beautiful big eyes look and smile at you. Angela enjoys laughter a lot. Also she starts to talk more words she can say yes & no.
And she enjoys copying adult movement: waving hands and nods her head. Also Angela enjoys standing up for more than 10 minutes with little help and she has started to take her first steps.
Angela's mum Ilka and dad Siren very happy with the Chinerchi therapy results. Angela was born with some weakness in her brain and kidney that was discovered during pregnancy with mum Ilka.
The biggest worry for her parents is if she will ever talk and go to school? Will she ever be able to walk?
Now the worry is over - every time they visit clinic the loving parents are always excited to tell me what new development Angela has made.
"Angela's intelligence and physical strength are growing stronger day by day. We see changes in her appearance, in her talking, in her eating and in her movements and she is happy. "
"We are confident Angela will able to go school and to walk, to dance, to live the life she deserves to have, to become the person she likes to become. We are very happy. Thank you." mum Ilka and dad Sree said.
Review of the treatment
Angela was born with the weakness in her brain and kidneys. The main symptom is slow development in mental and physical strength. The treatment she has received before Chinerchi therapy is dietary supplements, some excise programme, and chiropractor manipulation.
The most effective is after 3 weeks of chiropractor Angela started crowing but still slow improvement in mental and physical strength, that was biggest worry for her parents.
At my first consultation with Angela I discovered that she was having loose bowel motions all times and not having deep sleep.
In Chinese medicine the digestive energy gives muscle strength and kidney energy nourishing the brain function. When I started to treat Angela, the first healing sign I need to see is her having a deep sleep and her bowel motion to become formed in the shape of a sausage.
When this happens she will be able to receive enough nutrition to build up muscles and brain cells. Also her life energy improves and so her whole wellbeing improves and she starts to want to do thing, to sand, talk and laugh.
Healing can be simple. In Angela's case it was to realize without improving her digestion energy all treatment will not be in the right direction and can't achieve effective results.
When I see Ilka and Siren hug their precious Angela, I share the same love and excitement. I sense the wonder of a miracle and the connection of the universe. There must something great to bring us here and to make this world more beautiful.
Chronic enlarged prostate problems and weakness in stomach
29 Nov 2011
Patient with chronic patient restored his health
prostate problems and energy
Isa is a 69 years older male farmer from Turkey came to Auckland for a holiday. Isa had chronic enlarged prostate problems for 5 years he needs to get up at night about 4-6 times a night. Isa also had weakness in stomach. He couldn't eat any meat in the evening meal, after a hearty meal he always felt heavy and bloated and sometimes sore. Isa had a heart surgery few years ago, and since then he always felt sensitive to cold.
Isa start of treatment at 8 September had 5 chinerchi therapy and 3 imp treatments; his prostate problems have totally gone. He never needs to get up at night any more. Also his stomach has become healthier and stronger. He can eat any food he likes and he doesn't have any discomfort or pain. Last week he was away having a holiday and did a bush walk at the mountain and run on the beach. Isa said: These kinds of activities, seems belong to the past he can never have dreamed he could do it again today.
Review of treatment
In Chinese medicine the heart and stomach energy are closely linked. If you are having heart problems then your stomach can't function well. If your stomach is having weakness then that will affect your heart. The kidney energy supports prostate. When the stomach energy is weakened that can steal the kidneys strength.
In my practice I often see patients with prostate problems also having stomach weakness.
In Isa's case an enlarged prostate was his main complaint. The hidden source of the problems is bad digestion.
In addition to the prostate's role in producing ejaculate, it also plays a part in controlling the flow of urine. The prostate wraps itself around the urethra as it passes from the bladder to the penis. The Muscular fibers in the prostate contract to slow the flow of urine.
When prostate gland is enlarged this can slow the flow of urine.
Enlarged prostate relates to weakened blood circulation and water retaliation in the kidney and stomach.
Treatment work on proven kidney and stomach energy to reduce the water retaliation and build muscle strength .This recipe looks very simple but works every time.
If you are a male and over forty have to get up a few times at night, you may have weakness in your prostate and Chinerchi could change your quality of sleep and your whole health.
Reflux stopped after one treatment & Review of the treatment
29 Oct 2011
Paul is a 45 year old accountant having reflux for 15 years. He was taking medication to manage this condition. Paul had one CET treatment and a week after Paul found the reflux had disappeared. He doesn't need medication any more.
Review of the treatment
Reflux is the stomach not having enough energy and not producing enough healthy digestive liquids, after a meal the food sits in the stomach, not broken down well and not able to move forward to the next station and moving backwards towards the throat.Chinerchi therapy helps the stomach build up energy and more healthy digestive liquids are produced. Food can move forwards not sit there any longer.
Head Cyst causing headaches and snoring & Review of the treatment
29 Oct 2011
Murray is a 53 year old builder who has a brain cyst about 15 CM long that was discovered in 2003. Due to the complicated conditions, the cyst is unable to be removed surgically. Since then Murray has constant headaches, noisy snoring and a lack of energy.After a series of Chinerchi therapy, Murray has stopped snoring; the constant headache has reduced about 80 % and also lost a few kilos of weight .Now he is continuing with treatment. We wait to see the headache totally gone then a scan test will find out if the cyst size has been reduced.
Review of the treatment
The majority of noisy snoring is caused by a restricted airflow at the back of the throat. This happens when the soft tissues at the back of the throat close up so air has to be forced through.This closing up happens when asleep because the jaw muscles at the back of the throat go slack, so the lower jaw and tongue, fall back, constricting the airway.This effect is made worse by lying on your back, causing the lower jaw to fall back more. Snoring is also worse when overweight, or relaxed after a drink or two.The reason the soft tissues at the back of the throat close up is the soft tissues become enlarged and swollen.
Chinerchi improves the blood circulation plus water retention is reduced and enlargement disappears, therefore the air way open as normal. Thus Snoring stopped.For the same reason the brain tissues were swollen so when water retention is reduced the headache is also reduced .
20 Sept 2011
I am a 42 year old mother of two and full time professional woman. I developed an inguinal hernia about a year ago that caused a fair bit of pain in my right lower abdominal as well as burning pain in the upper right leg. I also went into early menopause about 3 months ago. This led to severe hot flushes, night sweats, headache, short tempers and restless sleep. All contributed to me being totally exhausted with no energy to keep up with my busy day to day life. After only one energy therapy and two implant acupuncture I felt my hernia pain was reduced by 90%. After I was planning to have it surgically repaired in October. If the treatment continues to work for me I might cancel the surgery. My energy level is up to 80%. The headaches are gone and night sweat was greatly reduced. Emotionally I felt much happier with myself.
Asra
Review of the treatment
Inguinal hernia is in the abdominal area and is caused by some of the inner organs and tissues having a weakness, they tear and become swollen; When they are enlarged they can put pressure to the nerves and blood vessels. It can produce pain and tiredness. The treatment helps blood circulation and energy flow. The body can built up strength and repair itself, the swelling can go down and the pain can disappear.
Diabetes sugar level from 8 down to 5 & Review of the treatment
10 Aug 2011
I am a 39 years old mother and have had diabetes for the last 4 years. I need medication to manage the sugar level. When I first came to Chinerchi clinic I had a severe dry cough and was very tired and not able to have a deep relaxed sleep. Also I had a very sore right knee. When I played badminton or took a walk that could be very painful. After only 3 energy therapies and 1 implant acupuncture my sugar level is from 8 down to 5 without change of any medication. The dry cough has almost disappeared and I sleep well. Also I am losing weight. All my clothes now fit me well unlike before when the clothes were a little too tight.
My sore knee, after implant acupuncture, is now free from any pain. I can play badminton or take a power walk with no problems. Nilima .sReview of the treatmentDiabetes is a pancreas dysfunction; the high sugar in the blood becomes toxic. The healthy pancreas is able to produce enough insulin – a special chemical in the body to break down (sugar) in the blood. When the pancreas is tired or damaged and cannot make enough insulin, there is too much glucose. Treatment has improve the whole body energy flow and the Pancreas gets strong and healthy so it can produce more insulin this why the patient's sugar reading can go down.
Change the date to be home
My dad had an 88 year old birthday on 5 May this year. I have been in NZ for the last 20 years. I have never once being able to enjoy his birthday party. In Chinese culture 88 is a special number so I decided to be home with him to organize a special celebration.
At the end of April I closed my clinic for 3 weeks and took my two beautiful dogs – “Happy” and “Honey” to the kennels for a holiday.
Happy is a mix of Yorkshire terrier and Chihuahua he is 14 years old and has been my dog for about 10 years. He is my baby, sleeping on my bed and going everywhere with me. He seems understand every word I say to him. I truly love him to bits.
“Honey” is a pure Maltese, two years old and full of energy and fun.
My dad’s birthday party was great fun and successful.
Then I found out about a new healing course that I am interested in attending – hypnosis - connecting to your spirit for healing. This is a fascinating subject I have always wanted to learn. To do this training I need to stay China for another two weeks. My original plan was to be back New Zealand on 20th May to pick up “Happy” and “Honey”. I texted the kennel manager and said I would be back on the 5th June.
Bad news- “Happy” is dying
On 21st May the kennel manager rang me in China and said “Happy is not well. His eyes are very swollen and he can not open them, he is not eating, moving, or playing. He also has bad diarrhoea,” the manager said “to me “Happy” looks as if he has not long to live, what is your wish do you want him to die here or do you want to take him home?” I was crying on the phone as I couldn't imagine life without “Happy”. In my heart I knew he was not sick but he is missing me and he wants to be with me. I say to the manager I want my son Daniel to take “Happy” home. I feel now “Happy” needs to be somewhere he feels at home and safe.
Then the manager said maybe “Happy” has an unknown disease, perhaps a medical check or blood test and medication. If I agree they will take “Happy” to the vet first, then decide if “Happy” is suitable for going home. A few hours later the kennel manager rang me again and said “Happy” was too weak for blood tests and the vet gave some them some special food and medication. Now “Happy” needs to have pills every few hours and he needs water given via a tube, she suggested that my son may not be experienced in doing such work, as she wants the best and she wants to keep” Happy” in the kennels for a day or two. My heart is full of reluctance but I need to respect the expert so I agree.
The next morning my son Daniel rang me to say the kennel staff rang him and said that “Happy” has stopped eating and drinking and that “Happy” may have cancer. He could die today or tomorrow. Now they suggest that Daniel should take him home. Daniel said to me on the phone you need to be prepared when you arrived home that “Happy” may not be with us for much longer.
I said “no”!! In my profession we save so many lives I understand how the body works. “Happy” is not sick he is missing me all he needs is love – your hugs and my voice. You need to be at the kennel as soon as possible to take him home then phone me.
Love Treatment for “Happy”
An hour later Daniel brings “Happy” home and Daniel phones me to say that “Happy is far worse than you could imagine he hasn’t eaten for a few days. Every time he eats he has diarrhoea his body fur is covered by poop and on the way home he had another attack of diarrhoea. His fur is covered with dirt all mixed in with the poop and he is not moving. His left eye is very swollen and can not open his eyes, he is just lying there .
I ask Daniel to put the phone to “Happy’s” ear
In my mind I could see what a terrible state “Happy” was in. I can sense how hopeless he is because he can not see me. He doesn’t understand why I am not home with him. My tears can’t stop running. I start to speak to “Happy” on my cell phone.
“Happy, “Happy! Mummy is here can you hear mummy? How are you? Mummy loves you very much. Mummy will come home to give you a cuddle soon.”
At this moment I hear Daniel’s voice on the phone.
“Happy” has now opened his eyes. He is starting to eat the food I put in front of him. Can you hear the noise he is making from eating?”
“Yes, yes I can”
In my heart I know ”Happy” is going to survive with my love and Daniel’s love has reached into his heart. He has heard my voice and he knows mummy is not far away. He knows Daniel and Jenny well. Now he is in a safe and familiar place.
Next morning the time in China is 4:30am and in New Zealand the time is 8:30am my bedroom phone is ringing and Daniel is on the phone with “Happy”. Daniel said “Happy” is now able to walk around the house and starting to eat food but still spends a lot of time lying down in bed. Like a sick old man. I talked to “Happy” again.
Then I sit in front of my computer and write to my good friend Nola, together we have done a training course on – “emotion code”. We often get together to practice emotion code with each other.
I ask Nola to visit Daniel at home to give “Happy” an emotion code treatment. The message I give through Nola to give “Happy” is that you are well loved and you are safe. Mummy is home very soon.
The next day Nola arrived to visit Daniel at home and before Nola starts the treatment I ask Nola, “How is “Happy” looking right now?”
She replies “He is perfectly normal, not bad at all.”
My heart is glad now I know “Happy” is going to live. The crucial moment is over
I did talk to “Happy” for a minutes and then let Nola get on to work on “Happy”.
Review “Happy” miracle healing story
I looked at the date and I was amazed at how clever my dog is. My original plan was to come back home on 20th May and “Happy” got sick from that date. Jenny was asked me “did you tell him you are back on 20th May”.
“No. I didn’t. That was called from heart”. From the minute the decision was made. The information energy is out. Then “Happy” knows the 20th May was the date “Happy” can cope, beyond that it becomes unbearable.
I have learnt a lot about heart to heart passing on information. This is first time I have truly experienced it and start to be amazed at the power of mind connection.
I came back to New Zealand two weeks later and Jenny brings “Happy” to my house. The minute “Happy” sees me his whole face lights up, jumping around me and can not stop kissing me. Jenny said “Mum can you see “Happy’s” smile on his face”?
That was an emotional moment for me and “Happy”.
What have I learn from my dog healing story?
Kennels and vets look at a sick dog from a physical point of view. In their eyes “Happy” is a sick dog only needing medical care. In my eyes “Happy” is not physically sick but emotionally he feels a sense of abandonment and all he needs is love and to belong. Because I did right diagnosis
And gave the right treatment- family home and hug and the voice of love the dying “Happy” comes back to life again. By the way when Daniel takes “Happy” home I asked him not to use any medication to only use eyes drops.
This amazing experience makes me think, “how many dogs or people get sick because they feel unloved? How many dogs or people in this kind of condition can be misdiagnosed? And will they get the wrong treatment that could result in the loss of their life?”
“Happy” survived because I made the right decision and gave him the right treatment.
If I ignored the fact that the reason of ”Happy” sickness is that he is suffering from sadness.
Can I totally put my trust into kennels and vets because they are the experts? Letting them keep “Happy” at the kennels and letting them take care of “Happy” with medication and food. Then what would happen, “Happy” would gradually have stopped eating and drinking and become weaker and weaker then die.
Most dog owner will be accepting that is the normal form of natural sickness.
Now every day I spend time with “Happy” I feed him and take him out for a walk. I deeply appreciate his company. Also I am grateful of the lesson that he teaches me. Love is the best medicine. Be aware of that: the emotional pain is the reason of physical pain.
We all want to live a healthy life. The real secret is to love and to be loved. This simple massage is very old and can also be forever fresh to all of us.
Nearly stroke patient talking again
July 2011Mary is a 65 years older lady first visit clinic 15th June Tuesday with problems of long term not able to have deep sleep. she said I am very healthy and active I play tennis twice a week and got plenty energy . My only problems are not able to have deep long sleep. I sleep light and broken a few times night. Get up feel tired.
I say to her. In Chinese medicine every your organs are connected no person have one only problems. Not able to sleep that is kidney and heart not function in harmony state.also in her face I could see a vuriicur vine in her temple that indicate brain blood circulation block and lacking of oxygen .also she have appearance of wreaked digestion . to help her sleep I need work on her digestion and heart . because in Chinese medicine digest energy support heart and heart work with kidney. .
Few days later at Saturday morning she back for second visit. I ask:
How you? Very good. She replied. I have good deep a few hours sleep. I got more energy and I did lot of work this morning..
When Mary lay in bed before I start treating her , I ask her tell me what you been doing this morning?
She said: I have done big cleaning for my k...
For my understand she try to tell me she has been clean her kitchen. But she is not able to say it. She says to me what happened? I can’t talk.
My experience tells me patient now in edge of stroke. Many thoughts come through my mind. What I should do next? If she total stop talking and then lost concision, I should ring husband or ambulance? What emergence treatment I should do first?
I need patient feel safe and stay calm. I ask her: “can you tell me what is your name? “ “Mary”“ “what is my name?” “ Angela.” “Very good. You are doing very well.”
I start my treatment routine Put one electronic machine at her tummy the energy centre and other one put at her nick – the very important place to supply the blood in her head.. the moment I turn on the machine under her nick , I ask her are feel the tingle? Yes. Very nice.
I can felt the energy start to flow in her head her talk with more clarity and strength . I ask again tell me your name? “Mary “ “‘tell me my name?”” Angela”. “Can you tell me what you did this morning?”
“Big cleaning for my kitchen!”
What happen to me ? why I couldn’t talk before why I talk again?
All to do with your energy and blood flow. This morning you over worked that has run out the energy in your body especially in your heart . when heart is weak not enough strength to push the blood to your head. The region in your brain one area in charge of speech is lack of supply. no power so no light and not working. When the electronic acupuncture carry the energy though your brain the area received blood and then you can talk again .
I am so happy thank you.
Cause of Asthma –could relate to culture and emotion?
01-07-2011
Angela ning zhang
Science answer for asthma
Asthma is a common disease which negatively affects many New Zealand people daily lives. Can we ask what the reason & cause for asthma is?
If you go to Google & search many sciences’ studies have plenty of answers for it .Most found the answer in physical level or environment. You can have a long list of reasons. Like genes allergies, weather colder or dampness or lack of exercise, poor diet environment dust mites , high pollen season , smoking and more..
The interesting thing is the highest asthma country number one is Britain,. The number two is New Zealand.
If we believe all asthma research the reason for asthma is true. Then we need to ask next question: UK , New Zealand, have the worst environment for dust mite? They are worst people for excise? They have worst diet in the world? They highest smoking rate internationally?
Or these two countries are very damp or most cold place or have the highest pollen density nature environment?
I think we can answer it: no.
British and New Zealand culture
Then we need to ask the next question: Why only these two countries in the world have highest rate of asthma? What is in common between these two countries?
My answer is culture. Britain is the mother country for New Zealand. British culture is mother culture for New Zealand culture..
UK and New Zealand people have similar culture, attitude and behaviour patterns , our attitude, behaviour is based on culture and belief systems. Our emotions are based on attitude and behaviour and interactions
We all can understand and accept that: the stress or negative emotion could trigger physical suffering or health problems.
Can we ask the next question: what negative emotion actually causes asthma and what negative emotion possibly UK and kiwi have in common to cause asthma?
In Chinese medicine every organs have emotion energy and physical energy at the same time.
For example: The heart is in charge of blood circulation also the emotion of heart energy is love and joy.
The lung is in charge of breathing and the emotion energy is connection. If the lung energy is weak you can’t breathe properly also you are feel separated and lonely and sad.
And they are work in both ways. If you are lacking in connection to people, feel sad and alone that will be your reflected in your weak your lungs function. You will easy get asthma, bronchitis or other lung system infections.
From western medicine and physical point of view, Asthma is lung dysfunctions .
From Chinese medicine point of view: your physical body and your emotion body are one they are never been separated .
If your lungs function are not physically healthy, your lungs emotions impossible to be healthy.
The true answer is if you have lung dysfunction problems such as asthma that indicate you have certain level of loneliness or sadness and feel disconnected with work or life or people.
Statistics show UK and New Zealand has highest asthma rate in the world. That indicate emotionally these two countries have highest population of people feel lonely, separated and missing connection.
The real cause for asthma cant only count genes, food, exercise, dust mite, smoking, and cold or damp weather ,behind all of that is the negative emotions.
What is the negative side of British culture and New Zealand culture?
Classified, judgemental, you must do certain things in certain ways you don’t want to look silly. You need to behave in certain ways.
Are you familiar with these kind of ideas:
You shouldn’t talk to strangers.
You need to wait for other person to talk to you first.
You never say how good you are, that is too showy you never tell other people how good they are , that could be too shallow.
You never ask things about other people because that is private;
you never tell other people what you do for life, Maybe they don’t want to know maybe they will think you are showing off.
Maybe you should keep for yourself for your privacy.
You need be subtle, you need be lay back, and you need be private.
You can’t be too open, too friendly, and too showy.
You don’t want to look silly you need to be nice.
You don’t want to be different, you want to blend with people, you don’t want they think you are better than anyone else.
We are all the same.
So we do the same things, we talk same ideas, we walk in same pace.
We lost the individual selves we were ,we forget who we are. We are so inside ourselves we just can’t breathe.
How familiar are you with the experience – when you go to a party, you found everyone only talked to the people they know, after a party you almost know no body. If you are lucky maybe the people you meet they talk to you about weather or food. Nothing really meaningful, after a night out, you didn’t feel connected or up lifting. And you didn’t have new friends.
You need to wear right clothing to the right place, right colour, and right style say the right thing and have the right manners.
Do you notice In New Zealand at any business meeting you go to, that 90% of professional woman wear black coloured cloth? Why black? Because you not stand out and you can’t be go wrong.
You need to go to right school, talk to the right people, and be in the right job. You learn to know many boundaries, Many expectations. All this stuff, has been written in your mind, or invisibly written in your environment, in the air your breath.
Because when you walk in a room you can sense the judgemental energy and You are so restrained and it becomes part of your nature, you never know this is not natural , how you can you be free to talk ,free to act, free to be who you are ?
You find it hard to breath inside your body, you have asthma.
New Zealand is a interesting place: the most green country in the planet, one of the best places to live in the world.
New Zealand People have interesting characters: most innovative, most love charity work .most sporty people in the world and have the highest Olympic winners. From the surface New Zealand friendly you can see people say hi to others in street vertically when walking with your dog in a park.
The challenge question is why we have highest asthma rate in the world?
Why we have highest suicide teen’s rate in the world?
IS There a emotional link between asthma and suicide?
Have we ever thought that our culture and attitude have something to do with our characters and that could affect our emotions and breathing and health?
My journey of discovery
I have been work at medical field since I was 17 years old.
I have over more than 30 years of work experience.
I have been treating people focus on physical level for all most that entire time. I always love to learn new techniques, new therapies. I have my own clinic since 1995.
Regardless that I have much success in healing people. I always felt something missing in my work. I can’t fully understand why for some patients: they are eating healthy food, do excise, and come for treatments still I can’t help them to getting to be healthier.
I want to see good results in every patient I treat. I am looking for answers.
This Last year was a break though. I attended two revolutionary training course that has inspired me. These eye opening moments has changed my practise for ever.
At May last year I attending a French course “Nutrinpunctur”. This therapy use Trace elements as supplements to treat patients. They believe the body sickness come from the unbalanced emotions because unbalanced body energy functions.
They use a well structured system to indentify the organs and emotions relationships. That was based on ancient Chinese medicine theories :
Like the heart emotion is love and joy.
The lung is connections.
The stomach is respect and thought and action.
The liver is wisdom and flexible.
The kidney is self acknowledgement and ambitions.
This idea was written in the ancient Chinese medical book for many thousands of years. I have studied many times and also many years ago.
But in the real world, a school teacher never teach you to heal patients emotions and when patients come to me I only work on the physical body never really ask question about emotional health.
If I sense they have emotional problems I just ignore it because that was not my job to touch these areas.
Every day in the class room I was so fascinated by the teaching and almost can’t sleep. Suddenly I realised for the first time I now fully understand the physical body and emotion body as one soI need to positively treat both then I can restore the patients health. also I am shocked by this therapy developed by a French doctor who is not Chinese .
In ancient Chinese text book the emotion relating to organs only in one sentence for each organ.
But in the French course they are based on the ancient principle has been devolved to very detailed big body charts of Encyclopedia.
I studied and felt like this French doctor has been using ancient text interpreted to modem language and add latest discovery of universal truth of mind & body connection.
And few months later I attended a American course and developed by a American doctor- Emotion code.
The principle is actually same to “nutrient- puncture” .the theories is all health issues could partly be relating to trapped emotions embedding in your body organs and tissues.
Work at the 5 inner organs and relating to 5 group of negative emotions .To learn this technique was a next level of revolution.
To remove these negative motions you don’t need any complicated medical equipment…..
Since then treat patient emotional health become part of my work. An example is:
Nuky is a 30 years old young lady who lives in east Europe. Her sister got married two weeks ago and she came to New Zealand to join the wedding ,
Because the sister and husband have benefited from Chinerchi therapy . after the wedding very next day Nuky come with sister to clinic to have consultation she had suffered from blocked nose for more than 10 years. She is a business owner and conscious of healthy living. She can’t understand why she have the problems.
My answer is every physical pain is behind emotional pain. Nose is widower of the lungs. Lung energy is relating to connection or sadness and loneliness. To healing the block nose need to give the body energy ,use energy therapy also need to find out emotion reason behind this. I designed a package treatment with two energy therapy ,one implant acupuncture and two emotion code and one hypnosis.
At first emotion code session I find out Nuky blocked nose was relating to she has a heart wall for self protection and separate her from others and she have trapped emotion of loneliness .Nuky mum died when she is only 17 year old. She think she was over that sadness but reality is she is not.
But after the first treatment Nuky nose was 60 % better, the sister said she is a transformed person. She is more happy and open. After second emotion code and hypnosis therapy Nuky felt the nose is free from blocking, amazingly feel light and happy.
To be a good healer and to understand how the body and mind works that will be a life time challenge for me and for all people who work in these fields. This is a exciting journey and full of mysteries waiting for us to explore and find answers and to contribute to humility.
References
1. July, 3, 2011.from http://www.nytimes.com/1995/
Developing a research proposal
A random trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Electronic acupuncture treating school age children with asthma.
A pilot study
By Angela Ning Zhang
Complete Date: 4th July 2010
Contents page
1. Title of research project
2. Investigators
3. Abstract
4. Statement of the problem being investigated & significance of the project
5. A literature review and background of the topic
6. Aims and objectives of the project
7. Research plan
8. Assumptions and definitions
9. Ethical issues
10. Dissemination of the findings
11. Problems and limitations of the study
12. Proposed time frame
13. The estimated budget
14. References
15. Appendices: Patient information, informed consent and asthma diary
Title
A randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Electronic acupuncture treating school age children with asthma.
A pilot study
Key words: Electronic acupuncture asthma children inhaler peak flow
Investigators
This study will involve the following people: Lead researcher,two acupuncturists a research assistant and a statistician.These people will work as a team and have independent responsibilities to avoid bias and support each other to accomplish the study.
Two acupuncturists
The acupuncturists should be a qualified and registered acupuncturist with at least 5 years experience working as acupuncturist. They should have some experience in treating asthma.
Two acupuncturists will be needed. Two will administer treatments. Two are needed because of the large work load caused by the frequent treatments and large sample size. The role of the two acupuncturists’ will be to:
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Administer acupuncture to patients.
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Record the treatments and patients reaction toward treatments.
One research assistant:
The research assistant should be responsible for:
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Testing and recording peak flow.
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Investigate and record inhaler usage twice a week, during their visit for treatment.
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Collect the asthma diaries completed by the participants.
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Discuss overall quality of life of participants.
This person should be a qualified Pediatricnurse and have 5 years experience with asthma children. They will need to have these qualifications because they are administering the peak flow tests. A third person will be employed for this job because they are asking qualitative questions regarding the quality of life.
Lead researcher:
The lead researcher will provide guidance on the research processes including methodology and data analysis. This role will be filled by the author who has experience in acupuncture and research knowledge.
This role will involve:
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Assistance in the development of research methodology, protocols and outcome measures.
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Apply for ethical approval.
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Develop and manage the research team.
Statistician:
The person should be qualified in statistics. Their role will involve:
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Analyzing the data collected.
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Drawing conclusions about the data.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a single blind electronic acupuncture trial to answer the question: Does electronic acupuncture improve peak-flow, lung functions and reduce inhaler usage in children with asthma?
Participants:
This research will involve 60 children affected by asthma. Children will be defined as being aged 6-12. Being affected by asthma will be defined as being diagnosed as having mild or moderate asthma by their GP. Also the condition should have persisted for at least one year and having to use an inhaler daily for at least the last six months. Participants will be randomly assigned to the control or experimental group.
It was decided that 60 participants will be recruited so that even after natural attrition there should still be a sufficient sample size. An attrition rate of 20% would be considered a worst case scenario leaving a sample size of 48. Comparing this with Stockert, K., Schneider, B., (2007), study which used only 18 participants in total.
In order to recruit these participants an advertisement will be taken out in an asthma magazine produced by the asthma foundation and local news papers. This advertisement will ask for any parents who would like their children to take part to contact the researcher.
Method:
The participants will be randomly allocated to one of three groups. The A experimental group will receive electronic acupuncture two times a week for four weeks. The B group referred to as the sham group will receive sham acupuncture in order to control placebo effects. The C Group is a control group and will receive no treatment from the clinic. All treatment will be conducted at a Chinese therapy clinic. (See reference)
All the three groups will continue to take medication treatment as usual and will be asked to visit the clinic two times a week in order to have their peak flow measured and to answer questions about their inhaler usage.
Results:
Peak flow results and lung function test will be analyzed through an ANOVA method to determine whether or not there is a significant difference between group means. A Chi square test will be used to analyze inhaler usage. This will determine whether or not there is a significant difference between inhaler usages between groups.
Statement of the problem being investigated and significance the project
One in four New Zealand children are estimated to have asthma (Asthma foundation, 2010)This gives New Zealand these condhighest prevalence of asthma in the world after the UK(Asthma foundation, 2010). It's the most common cause of hospital admission among New Zealand children (asthma foundation, 2010).
The economic costs of asthma in New Zealand have been conservatively estimated to be around $825 million per year. This is made up of $125 million in direct medical costs and $700 million in indirect medical costs such as the cost of having time off work.(Beasley , Holt, 2002.)
After looking at these statistics it can be concluded that asthma is affecting New Zealand on an individual and national level. It is affecting our children and it is costing us money. Therefore it is essential that a more effective treatment method is developed. Electronic acupuncture may be able to provide this much needed alternative.
Western medicine has successfully developed many effective medical drugs to treat asthma. Inhalers are an important part of asthma treatment (Asthma foundation, 2010). If this research is successful it will offer an alternative to this treatment.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) including both Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture has been widely accepted. This can be seen with ACC and a number of insurance companies accepting it as a funded treatment method. But there are a number of limitations. These include the fact that the taste of herbal medicine can be unpleasant, which many people do not like. Also the fear of needles can hinder treatment. This limitation is especially important to this research because children in particular have a fear of needles.
Electronic acupuncture is a development of TCM acupuncture. It is based on the same principles as acupuncture but with the benefit of not relying on the use of needles.
A major reason for conducting this research is that the author runs a clinic in which she has found positive results in this area. Although results are documented, the measurement was dependent on patients reports – life quality improvement and reduced use of inhaler but no peak flow and lung functions test were conducted. There was also a lack of follow up. There seems to be enough evidence to warrant further investigation. The author has treated 18 children using this method and has found that the majority (15 out of 18) report positive results in which their quality of life is improved with reduced use of inhaler.
Because these results were developed from a small sample size it is essential that they are tested on a larger scale. This will give the treatment a better scientific standing. There are also a number of bias’s to take into consideration including experimental bias, extraneous variables and possible placebo effects.
In addition two unique advantages have been found. Firstly, because no needles are used the children feel more comfortable and are more accepting of it. Secondly, because no medications or supplements are involved there is little stress on the stomach.
This study not only tests a possible alternative to current treatment methods, it also will pave the way for future research to be conducted surrounding electronic acupuncture.
The benefit will be many asthma children could reduce the use of an inhaler, have a better quality of lifeand ensure a more healthy adult future. Also to establish an effective asthma treatment will improve public health and reduce the cost to the health care system
Economic benefits both nationally and internationally will be obtained.
Literature review and background of the topic
In order to determine whether or not this topic has been studied previously and to see what other research had to contribute to this topic a literature review was completed. This literature review aimed to answer the questions: How well can acupuncture treat childhood asthma? And how well can electronic acupuncture treat childhood asthma?
A search of ‘Pubmed’ used the keywords: electronic, acupuncture, asthma, children and pediatric. This search provided 11 articles relating to this topic (see references). No research has been conducted which employs the same methods as suggested for this research.. There are two important differences compared with other studies:
A: Use multiple electronic acupuncture machines and use multiple acupuncture points.
B: Have a concentrated treatment plan .Each treatment lasts 30 minutes at a time and is conducted twice a week for a period of 4 weeks.
Relevant articles are discussed further below, including their findings and how they differ from the proposed research.
Two studies used alternative electronic machines to treat asthma, their results were as follows:
Zhong, Z.,, Xi Y., Jie H.,& Za Zhi.,(1992), conducted a study using an electronic machine to work on body airways to treat asthma patients. They found that this treatment was safe and effective. The difference between this study and the one proposed is that this study did not involve acupuncture points. It could be expected that more efficient results would be obtained if specific acupuncture points were used as proposed in this study.
Ngai, S.P., Jones, A.Y., Hui-Chan, C.W., Ko, F.W., & Hui, D.S., (2009), also used an electronic machine to treat asthma. They used electrical stimulation over acupuncture points and found that this treatment improved lung functions.. The main difference between this study and the proposed study is that this study does not focus on treating asthma specifically but rather attempts to increase lung functions in order to allow patients to exercise longer. Also this research was done in a gym setting and not in a hospital or clinic.
Four studies used laser acupuncture, which is very similar to electronic acupuncture. Three of these focused on children, the fourth used a mixed age group. Their results were as follows:
Stockert, K., Schneider, B., Porenta, G., Rath, R., Nissel, H., & Eichler, I., (2007), found that laser acupuncture was successful in preventing acute respiratory exacerbations in 6-12 year olds. The difference between this study and the proposed study is that not only is laser acupuncture used rather than electronic acupuncture but also this research also used probiotics, whereas the proposed research suggests that electronic acupuncture could be used on its own.
Nedeljković, M., Ljustina-Pribić, R., & Savić, K., (2008), also used laser acupuncture to treat asthma in 7-17 year olds. The study produced positive results. The difference with this study is that they used acupuncture points on the participant’s hands and feet. The proposed study will use acupuncture points around the whole body.
Milojević, M.,& Kuruc V,. (2003), conducted a study using a low powered laser treatment. They found that the younger participants showed more improvement than the older participants. This study did not focus on children; they focused on a mix age group. An important point to note is that they found the most positive results in younger participants.
Gruber, W., Eber, E., Malle-Scheid, D., Pfleger, A., Weinhandl, E., Dorfer, L., & Zach, M.S., (2002), conducted a study using laser acupuncture to treat exercise induced asthma in children. This study failed to show any positive results. However, a possible reason for this is the fact that they only used one acupuncture point and only used two treatments. More acupuncture points and more treatments are likely to show better results, as shown by other articles discussed.
Two studies where found where rats were used to determine the effect of electronic acupuncture on asthma. The studies results and differences were as follows:
Carneiro , E.R., Carneiro, C.R., Castro, M.A., Yamamura, Y., &Silveira, V.L., (2005), found that electronic acupuncture had positive results in treating asthma in rats. It also found that the specific acupuncture points used had an impact on results.
Carneiro, E.R., Xavier, R.A., De Castro, M.A., Do Nascimento, C.M., & Silveira, V.L., (2010), found that the anti-inflammatory benefits of electronic acupuncture means it could be a possible complementary treatment for asthma.
These studies show that electronic acupuncture has positive results in treating asthma rats which may be able to be reproduced in humans.
Three studies used traditional acupuncture needles to treat asthma. Their results were as follows:
Maa, S.H., Sun, M.F., Hsu, K.H., Hung, T.J., Chen, H.C., Yu, C.T., Wang, C.H., & Lin, H.C., (2003), found that the supplementation of acupuncture or acupressure can significantly improve quality of life in asthma patients.
Chu, K.A., Wu, Y.C., Ting ,Y.M., Wang, H.C., & Lu, J.Y.,(2007), found that acupuncture produced positive results in treating asthma, however, results showed less improvement than that from inhalation bronchodilator.
Zhang, Z.L., Ji, X.Q., Xue, L., & Yu, S.H.,(2005), found similar results to Chu et al (2007) in that acupuncture can be a positive supplementary treatment for asthma.
After looking at all these studies it can be concluded that although no research has been conducted similar to the proposed research, research surrounding acupuncture in the treatment of asthma shows positive results. Similar forms of acupuncture such as laser and traditional acupuncture have shown positive results and electronic acupuncture in the treatment of rats has shown positive results.
After reviewing the literature we can be more positive in our predictions for the use of multiple point electronic acupuncture in the treatment of children with asthma.
There are two important differences compared with other studies:
A: Use multiple electronic acupuncture machines and use multiple acupuncture points.
B: Have a concentrated treatment plan .Each treatment lasts 30 minutes at a time and is conducted twice a week for a period of 4 weeks.
That will be the first time research has been conducted by this method.
Purpose and objective of the project
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of electronic acupuncture in treating school age children with asthma.
The objective of this study is to develop data to support or stop the use of electronic acupuncture as a pain free and drug free treatment for school age children with asthma. Another objective will be to open the door for future study on electronic acupuncture in the treatment of other chronic health problems.
The benefit will be many asthma children could reduce the use of an inhaler, have a better quality of life, and ensure a more healthy adult future. Also to establish an effective asthma treatment will improve public health and reduce the cost to the health care system and help our nation economically and also the world
Research plan
Participants will be recruited through an advertisement in an asthma magazine produced by the New Zealand Asthma foundation and local news papers. It will ask for parents of children aged between 6 and 12 years old who have mild or moderate asthma, as diagnosed by their GP. They should require an inhaler daily and have been affected for at least one year. Also they are needed to have used the same medication for the last 3 months. When you enroll for this study you must not be using any other form of natural therapy that includes acupuncture or supplements.
Participants will be excluded from the study if their asthma is classified as acute as diagnosed by a GP. Participants must not be receiving any other type of acupuncture during the research period and they must speak English fluently in order to effectively communicate with the researchers. The patients must also not have any metal implants which could be dangerous in combination with the electronic acupuncture. The participants should not have been admitted to hospital for their asthma in the last six months. This is to ensure that participants selected have a stable condition.
60 participants will be recruited, 20 randomly allocated to a control group, 20 will be randomly allocated to the ‘sham’ group and 20 to the experimental group. The large sample size will allow for good results even if drop out occurs.
Participants in this study require their guardian’s consent as well as the child’s consent. This is because guidelines suggest that any participants who are under the age of 16 needed to have parental consent.
Once a participant has voiced their interest in the study, and it has been determined that they meet the criteria for participating, a meeting will be set up where the parents, the child and the acupuncturist will discuss the study in further detail. They will be told a rough outline of the study including what they will be asked to do and how much time they are expected to commit, they will also be given a information and consent form (appendix 1) to sign if they are still willing to take part. These will be asked to be posted back within two weeks with a prepaid envelope which will be provided. They will also be given instructions on how to record an exercise and inhaler usage diary. (Appendix 2). This diary will be given to the research assistant each meeting.
Once written consent has been received, the research assistant will record the patient’s name, sex, date of birth and previous experience of any natural therapy including acupuncture. Each patient will be assigned a code number.
Methodology
A single blind method will be employed for this study.
Treatment will be administered by a member of the New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists (NZRA), with a minimum of five years experience. The Treatment will be given twice a week with each session lasting 30 minutes. This will occur over four weeks so that participants in both the experimental and sham groups will receive 8 treatments in total.
At this study all patients will continue to take the same medication they were taking before the study.
Treatments will be identical for the sham and experimental group except the sham group will not receive any electrical stimulation. The same acupuncture points will be used and treatments will have the same treatment time.
The acupuncture points that will be used are:
Yongquan, both sides. Zusanli, both sides. zhongwen, guanyuan.
Feishu both sides, shenshu both sides
This is a total of 10 acupuncture points.
Experimental A group:
Patients will be given real electronic acupuncture treatment on the points stated above. The acupuncturist will need to complete treatment records for each patient, documenting the power level given. These records will be used to determine how much should be given in the next treatment.
The participant will be asked by the research assistant how they felt about the last treatment. The research assistant can then inform the acupuncturist if the participant was unhappy with the treatment or had any negative side effects so that the acupuncturist can alter the treatment to reduce this. A research assistant should do this rather than the acupuncturist to avoid social desirability bias.
Sham treatments B Control group:
The control group will receive sham acupuncture on the same points as used in the experimental group. It will last the same length of time. The only difference will be that electricity stimulation will not be used; however, they will still feel a warm sensation.
No treatment C Control group:
For the three groups of participants all need to visit clinic twice a week. For peak flow test and asthma dairy hand over research assistant, also answer question relating inhaler usage and excises.
Variables:
The independent variable is the treatment which participants received. The dependant variable will be measured through lung functioning, peak-flow results and inhaler usage.
Possible extraneous variable could be experimenter bias and social desirability bias. These have been controlled by employing a third person to record results. An extraneous variable that has not been controlled for is the fact that some participants may live in damp dusty houses which could increase asthma symptoms. Also some participants will be not been able to control for exposure to passive smoking from other household members.
Another extraneous variable that has not been controlled for is the fact that the participants will all have different diets. Some diets may increase asthma symptoms more than others.
Data collection:
The measurement of the research will be:
A Lung function test three times:
1, before treatment starts,
2, after 8 treatments
3 after a three month follow up.
The lung function test will be done with a local GP
B During the study the peak flow tests are conducted twice a week for four weeks and after a 3 month follow up test.
C Asthma patients or their caregivers complete a diary at every visit to the clinic and a nurse assistant records the research questioner including the inhaler usage and daily activities.
Before every treatment meeting the participants will be required to complete an interview with the research assistant. This will involve the research assistant asking questions about the last treatment, in order to make any changes for the next treatment. They will collect the inhaler diaries and have their peak-flow tested. The research assistant will conduct this interview to ensure that experimenter bias and social desirability bias do not occur.
Data analysis:
A statistician will be employed to analyze the data. They will use a Chi square test to determine the significance of the difference in inhaler usage between groups. An ANOVA method should be used to determine the significance of Lung function and peak-flow change. For both of these tests a 0.05 significant level should be used.
Assumptions and definitions
All professionals involved should remain neutral throughout the process. They should not expect any particular results as this will cause them to interpret results in a particular way.
It is assumed that participants will adhere to the guidelines including the fact that they should not alter their current treatment plan in another way other than the addition of acupuncture treatment provided by the study.
Being affected by asthma will be defined as being diagnosed as having mild or moderate asthma by their GP. Also the condition should have persisted for at least one year and having to use an inhaler daily for at least the last six months.
Children will be defined as being aged 6-12.
Electronic acupuncture: is an electronic stimulating machine working on acupuncture points in place of traditional needles.
Peak flow Test: a peak flow meter is a small plastic tube with a measuring gauge along the side, which measures how fast you can blow air out of your lungs.
The speed and force you can blow air out of your lungs depends on how open your
breathing tubes are. If you are well the breathing tubes are open and your peak flow is
high .If the tubes are tight (when your asthma is playing up) your peak flow will fall. Asthmadundation/Peak flow monitoring2010)
Lung function Test: Spirometry is the most basic objective measurement of lung function. The results of well performed spirometry give an indication of whether airflow and lung volume are within normal limits for a patients age, sex and height. It will indicate whether a person has significant airflow obstruction (e.g. asthma or COPD) or significant lung volume reduction (e.g. a restrictive lung disease). However, poorly performed spirometry is often worse than no spirometry at all! Good quality spirometry requires a trained and experienced operator. (asthma foundation/ Spirometry Courses for Health Professionals2010)
Ethical issues
This study will follow standard ethical guidelines. This includes informed consent, confidentiality and the right to withdraw. Because this study is dealing with participants under the age of 16 there are ethical issues suggesting that parents also need to be consulted throughout the process. These have all been taken into account when designing this study.
Dissemination of the findings
This report will be submitted to journals that deal with asthma treatment, journals that deal with complementary treatments, journals that deal with acupuncture treatments and general medical journals.
This way this information should reach acupuncturists’, those interested in asthma treatment, those interested in complementary therapies and those interested in general medical research. By targeting all these areas it ensures that maximum exposure of the research occurs.
Periodical Names
General
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmccomplementalternmed/
World Health Organization (WHO) documents and publications on traditional medicine
http://www.who.int/topics/traditional_medicine/en/
New Zealand
Ngä Tipu Whakaoranga: information on traditional uses of New Zealand native plants
http://www.lawsite.co.nz/landcare/index.cfm?option=searchtemplat
United Kingdom
CAMEOL - Complementary and Alternative Medicine Evidence Online database
Bandolier Library of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/alt
Problems and limitations of the study
There are a number of limitations involved with this study. They are discussed below.
The first limitation will be: The author, who will be involved in the study, runs a clinic in which similar treatment programs have been successful. Not only will this cause the author to expect specific results and so interpret results favorably but also it creates a conflict of interest.
Because each participant requires 1 hour of treatment per week there is a limit to how many participants can be involved. This caused the sample size to be relatively small with only 20 participants in each group. This sample should provide accurate results; however, a larger sample size would be more desirable.
Estimated time period
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Advertising for participants |
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Allocate groups and treatment times |
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Follow up |
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Follow up data collection |
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Analyze data and draw conclusions. |
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Write report and inform participants of findings. |
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Estimated budget
Table 1
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Staff Investigator |
Advertising for participants answering the phone for questions 3 hours a week for 4 weeks 12 hours 1-4th weeks |
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Investigator |
Meet participants and get consent forms signed. We need 60 participants could interview 90 puritanical participant take about 45 -55 minute for each participant need about 85 hours of work. 5-7th week
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Investigator Research expert |
Allocate groups and treatment times Research expert Allocate groups work for 4 hours Investigator to contact participants and organize the time to meet for a first assessment and to give a time table for the whole period of treatment. Total work 80 hours 8-10th week
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Acupuncturist Nurse assistant Investigator
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Treatment period Two Acupuncturist 40 hours a week for 4 weeks 320 hours Nurse assistant 40 hours a week for 4 weeks 160 hours Investigator 40 hours a week for 160 hours
11-15th week |
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Nurse assistant |
Three month Follow up 15-27th week Once a month email contact. If email is not available then a phone call asking participants to send back the asthma diary by post: 6 hours work 15-27th week |
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Nurse assistant |
Follow up data collection Nurse assistant Sending 60 participants a phone call or email Conduct peak flow test: 30 hour work 28-29th week
60 participants need to go to a local GP for a lung function test 3 times First test -before study Second test -after study Third test- three month later Lung function test $75 each 180 times $13,500
28-29th week |
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Research expert |
Analyze data and draw conclusions. Research expert 30-31th week 10 hours |
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Investigator
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Write report and inform participants of findings. 32-36th weeks About 80 hours |
Table 2
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The teamwages Investigator 417 hours $60 per hour $25,020 Acupuncturist 320 hours $40 per hour $12,800 Nurse assistant 196 hours $60 per hour $11,760 Research expert 14 hours $60 per hour $840
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Total $ 50,420 |
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The lung function test in local News paper $500 for each Ad for 4weeks AD Need
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$13,500 $2,000 |
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320 treatments cast Treatment use clinic equipment $10 each treatment, $10 Fresh clean sheet for each time treatment bed. $20 per treat 4o participates each need 2 treatments a week. Study deals with 80 treatments a week for 4 weeks. The research takes 9 months from beginning to end
Chinese energy therapy clinic needs 12 weeks fully occupied with research The phone and internet connection bill $120 Includes Land phone $40 Mobile $40 Internet $40
Rent clinic space $600 per week 12 weeks
All research relating to forms design and print $500 Clinic office paper , pen $200 Total paper costs
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$6,400
.$ 7,200
$700 |
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$14,420 |
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All 60 participants will be offered $20 a week for travel costs, for 5 weeks visits to clinic $100 each
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$6,000 |
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Research team $ 50,420 Lung function test $13,500
Advertising costs $2,000 Clinic cost $14,420 travel $6,000
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Total $ 86,340 |
References
Asthma foundation (2010), retrieved from: http://www.asthmafoundation.org.nz/_asthmabasics.phpon June 26th 2010
Asthma foundation (2010), retrieved from: http://www.asthmafoundation.org.nz/in_new_zealand.php on June 26th 2010
Asthma foundation (2010), retrieved from: http://www.asthmafoundation.org.nz/understanding_your_inhalers.php on June 26th 2010
Asthma foundation (2010), retrieved from: http://www.asthmafoundation.org.nz/in_new_zealand.php on June 27th 2010
Holt S, & Beasley R.(2001) The Burden of Asthma in New Zealand. Report produced for the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand.
Carneiro , E.R., Carneiro, C.R., Castro, M.A., Yamamura, Y., &Silveira, V.L., (2005), Effect of electroacupuncture on bronchial asthma induced by ovalbumin in rats. J Altern Complement Med, 11(1):127-34.
Carneiro, E.R., Xavier, R.A., De Castro, M.A., Do Nascimento, C.M., & Silveira, V.L., (2010), Electroacupuncture promotes a decrease in inflammatory response associated with Th1/Th2 cytokines, nitric oxide and leukotriene B4 modulation in experimental asthma. Cytokine, 50(3):335-40.
Chu, K.A., Wu, Y.C., Ting ,Y.M., Wang, H.C., & Lu, J.Y.,(2007), Acupuncture therapy results in immediate bronchodilating effect in asthma patients. J Chin Med Assoc, 70(7):265-8.
Gruber, W., Eber, E., Malle-Scheid, D., Pfleger, A., Weinhandl, E., Dorfer, L., & Zach, M.S., (2002), Laser acupuncture in children and adolescents with exercise induced asthma. Thorax, 57(3):222-5.
Maa, S.H., Sun, M.F., Hsu, K.H., Hung, T.J., Chen, H.C., Yu, C.T., Wang, C.H., & Lin, H.C., (2003), Effect of acupuncture or acupressure on quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive asthma: a pilot study. J Altern Complement Med, 9(5):659-70.
Milojević, M.,& Kuruc V,. (2003), Low power laser biostimulation in the treatment of bronchial asthma. Med Pregl, 56(9-10):413-8
Nedeljković, M., Ljustina-Pribić, R., & Savić, K., (2008), Innovative approach to laser acupuncture therapy of acute obstruction in asthmatic children. Med Pregl, 61(3-4):123-30.
Ngai, S.P., Jones, A.Y., Hui-Chan, C.W., Ko, F.W., & Hui, D.S., (2009), Effect of Acu-TENS on post-exercise expiratory lung volume in subjects with asthma-A randomized controlled trial, Respir Physiol Neurobiol, 167(3):348-53.
Stockert, K., Schneider, B., Porenta, G., Rath, R., Nissel, H., & Eichler, I., (2007), Laser acupuncture and probiotics in school age children with asthma: a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study of therapy guided by principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 18(2):160-6.
Zhang, Z.L., Ji, X.Q., Xue, L., & Yu, S.H.,(2005), Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of bronchial asthma at acute stage. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu, 25(3):158-60.
Zhong, Z.,, Xi Y., Jie H.,& Za Zhi.,(1992), Influence of application-impulse stimulation treatment on airway's reactivity with asthma, Title, 12(2):86-7.
Chinese energy therapy clinic started 1995. Practice the unique Chinese energy therapy.
Chinese energy therapy is use traditional Chinese medicine principles combining modern
Electronic therapeutic machines to treat chronic health problems, instead of traditional needles and herbals.www.energytherapy.co.nz
APENDIX 1: Participant information sheet and informed consent form
This information has been provided to you to ensure that you understand what will be expected of you and your child during the course of this study and to give a brief outline about what you should expect. After reading this information feel free to contact the researcher to ask any questions you may have or enquire about taking part.
Contact details of lead researcher:
Name: Angela Ning Zhang
Email: info@energytherapy.co.nz
Phone: (09) 4825318
Note: because this study is using participants who are under the age of 16 years old a legal guardian is required to also complete a consent form. Please ensure both the child and guardian understand the following information. Feel free to ask any questions by contacting the researcher through one of the above methods.
Purpose of research:
You and your child are invited to take part in a research study which is seeking to suggest an alternative, more natural, treatment for asthma. This study is focusing on the use of electronic acupuncture in reducing inhaler usage in children with mild to moderate asthma.
Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary and you will be able to withdraw from the study at any point with no questions asked.
Confidentiality
Any information you provide will be kept confidential. Including the diaries provided and contact information. You and your child will not be identifiable in any way through the research report.
What the study will involve
If you choose to participate your child will be randomly assigned to one of three groups, the experimental which will receive electronic acupuncture, a sham group which will receive a placebo acupuncture treatment and a control group which will continue treatment as usual. You will not be able to select which group you are assigned to nor will you be told which group you have been assigned to.
All groups will still use their current treatment plan. Only the experimental and sham groups will have the additional treatment. You will be required to not alter this current treatment and not employ any other natural treatments during the period of the study.
You will be asked to complete a diary about your child’s diet, exercise, inhaler usage and sleeping patterns. You will give these to a member of the research team twice a week when you will be expected to visit a Chinese energy clinic in Birkenhead. During this meeting you will also be given treatment if you are allocated to the sham or experimental group, this will last roughly 30 minutes. You will also be required to take part in an interview which will last no more than 15 minutes. You will be provided with more detailed information depending on your assigned group once you have been assigned to a group.
Time duration of the study.
The treatment period will last four weeks and a follow up period of three months, a total of four months.
Information regarding what will be expected of you during the study period
You will be expected to not change your child’s current treatment program other than the addition of the acupuncture treatment as provided by this study. This includes the addition of a drug or herbal medicine or the removal of a drug or herbal medicine
You will be expected to complete a diary about your child’s asthma including questions about wheezing, diet, sleeping habits and their exercise levels.
You will be expected to attend the clinic in Birkenhead two times per week for treatment and a brief interview. The treatment period will last roughly 30 minutes and the interview period will last roughly 15 minutes.
What you should expect from the study
We aim to provide valuable information about your child’s condition. Once the research has been completed you will be provided with the findings. If any positive treatments are found, you will be offered a course of these at no cost. We will also reimburse your travelling costs.
Risks associated with the treatment
No adverse reactions to electronic acupuncture have been documented apart from occasional minor skin irritation.
Electronic acupuncture is a non-invasive treatment and as such has no danger of infection.
Patients with metal implants should not take part in this study.
Your rights as a participant in research
You have the right to be fully informed about the research. This includes information about the nature and process of the study.
You have the right to withdraw from the study at any point if you do not wish to continue to participate for any reason.
You have the right to decide to participate, this means you should not be convinced or manipulated into participating by any person.
You have the right to ask any questions you may have, this can be done at anytime by contacting the researcher using the above information.
Guardian consent form.
I the legal guardian of give permission for my child to take part in this research project regarding electronic acupuncture in the treatment of childhood asthma. I have read the information provided and understand it. I know what is expected of me and agree to do what is being asked of me. I have explained to my child what will happen and they are happy to take part. I have not been talked into taking part against my will by any person, likewise I have not convinced my child to take part against their will.
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Participant consent form.
I am happy to take part in this study about electronic acupuncture as a way of treating childhood asthma. I have talked about the information with my Mum or Dad and understand what will happen during the study. I have not been made to take part by any person.
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The use of Electronic acupuncture to reduce PSA level in advanced prostate cancer
Angela Ning Zhang 05-Dec-2009
Abstract
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, also at western world, affecting 1 in 6 men and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths. (Parkman, 2001)Western medicine has developed many techniques to treat prostate cancer. These include Surgery, Radiation therapy,Hormone therapy and Chemotherapy. These therapies have shown to be effective in treating cancer. However, they have a number of negative side effects including Urinary Dysfunction, Bowel Dysfunction, and Erectile Dysfunction, Fertility hot flashes, fatigue and osteoporosis. A search of TCM treatments for prostate cancer found that the most common methods focused on herbal medicine to inhibit cell growth and promote cell apoptosis in prostatic tumor cells (Parkman, 2001). There were also a small number of studies found which used acupuncture to provide relief from some symptoms created by western treatments (Lee et al, 2009). This case study focuses on the use of electronic acupuncture combing with cupping treatment to treat an advanced case of prostate cancer. Without the use of any herbal medicine the patients PSA (prostate specific antigen) level decreased from 68 to 0.6, over the period of 11 months. These findings could lead to further studies of the use of acupuncture in treating prostate cancer as there is no clearly published evidence that this has been done before.
Key words: electronic acupuncture, advanced prostate cancer, reduced PSA level
Natural therapy treats cancer without side effects.
Case history
Patient is a 74 year old New Zealand male. He is a retired plumber who still does some casual work for friends and family. On the 14th of September 2009, after Patient’s older brother was diagnosed with having prostate cancer, Patient decided to have a blood test. The Results showed that he had prostate cancer, the PSA level was 68ug/l, normal is 0-10ug/l.
He then had a biopsy test which conformed that the cancer had already spread outside his prostate.
The doctor told the patient because the cancer had already spread that no treatment will be completely successful, and that at best he will have two years to live. He received hormone injections every 6 months.
Patient decides come to my clinic because he was suffering from constipation at 2006 and have good result after 6 treatments from me. He starts treatment from 4-11-09 two month after diagnosis with cancer. At October I was overseas.
Initial examination: (As at 4th of November 2007 )
Blood pressure: 150/90
Pulse: 70
Weight: 68 KG.
Details about condition:
Patient has problems going to sleep and needs to get up to pass urine 3-4 times a night, which does not have very good flow, feels short and incomplete, but no pain. He finds it hard back to get back to sleep after this. Sometimes he can be constipated and sometimes could have diarrhea. Patient has very stiff joints in his neck, knees and lower back. His abdominal area is swollen and uncomfortable to touch, indicating water retention, and has very dry mouth. Patient tells me he gets tired easily and feels fatigued. He has cold feet and hands and sometimes is short of breath.
Observations: Pulse was thin and sinking, Tongue color is red with no coating, face color is a little pale.
TCM Diagnosis:Damp heat and kidney yang deficiency.
Treatment:
Objective: To strengthen spleen to remove the dampness, nourishing liver yin and kidney yang
Plan: Use electronic acupuncture with cupping therapy 2 treatments a week for 8 weeks. The objectives are to build up patient’s blood and qi flow and to remove the dampness.
Diet plan: Fresh fruit and vegetable juice at morning. No heavy protein food for evening meal, eat main meal at lunch time.
Tools: Electronic acupuncture Blossom needle and cupping
Electronic acupuncture points used: Zusanli-ST36, yongquan-KI1, Guanyuan-REN4, Zhongwan-REN12, Dazhui-DU14, Shenshu-BL23, Ganshu-BL18, Pinshu-BL20
Blossom needles and cupping treatment followed after electronic acupuncture. Using blossom needles to gently punch abdominal area starting from shenque Ren8 points randomly around a circle to cover the stomach channel and spleen channel then put on suction cup on theses areas Leave for five minutes. Repeat once more.
Two treatments a week involving 30 minutes acupuncture treatment and 30 minutes cupping treatment. As his PSA decreases less treatments are needed and so visits are reduced accordingly. ( See Figure 1.)
Figure 1. Change in number of treatment needed per month.
As stated previously the patients PSA decreased from 68 to 0.6 over the 25 month treatment period. This change is shown in figure 2.
Figure 2. PSA readings over treatment period.
Patient still comes once month for a treatment and PSA has remained at 0.6 as at most recent visit in September 2009.
Outcome:
Expected outcome: Treatment helps keep patient alive and give a better quality of life.
Actual outcome: Patient’s PSA reduced dramatically from 68- 0.6. Because of a lack of experience in treating prostate cancer PSA reduction was unexpected. After 25 months of having Electronic acupuncture treatments Patient is still alive and has a better quality of life. He is able to have a long nights sleep with little to no need to pass urine during the night. When he passes urine he has a better flow. Abdominal areas are flatter and face color is brighter. He has more energy to do work around house, such as building a fence and painting the roof; he has a more positive outlook on life.
A point to note is that the patient’s older brother who was discovered prostate cancer only one month early then him, because brother’s cancer was not speared, brother was qualified for radiation and chemo therapy. After one year of treatment, brother lost one kidney and One arm, finally the brother died year and half later after diagnosis with prostate cancer. It can be said that although the patient’s cancer was more serious compare with he’s brother. The use of acupuncture has helped him get better; his brother whose case was treatable by western medicine was not able to get better. That possibly suggesting the electro acupuncture is a more appropriate treatment for some patients.
Literature review
When searching for previous research on this topic it was found that there are no published studies which employ this method. However, four relating points were found. These are as follows. TCM commonly uses herbal methods to treat cancer. Some studies have found that there is no connection between acupuncture and a reduction cancer symptom. Acupuncture can be successful in reducing symptoms created by western treatments. The only published research that was found that involves electrical acupuncture involves the balancing of white blood cells and reducing brain injuries in rats and rabbits. A large number of these articles are published within the last 5 years. This means that the information is up to date and relevant.
Keywords: TCM treat prostate cancer. This search provided 6 articles. The most relevant of these was complementary therapies for prostate cancer written by Cynthia A. Parkman. Most significant to this study this article states that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help minimize the risk of prostate cancer, this was part of this treatment plan. The article also references the use of TCM in the form of herbal medicine as a possible treatment, a number of articles are referenced which have shown a decrease in PSA levels. This article briefly discusses the use of acupuncture to relieve some side effects of surgical removal of the testes.
A further search using the keywords: alternative therapies treat prostate cancer provided 466 results. The most relevant article of these was Auricular acupuncture: a novel treatment for vasomotor symptoms associated with luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone agonist treatment for prostate cancer by Harding et al (2009). This article provided information about acupuncture treating vasomotor problems in patients who had received hormone treatment for prostate cancer. This article is relevant because it involves both acupuncture and hormone treatment similar to this case study. However, the acupuncture style is different in that these are traditional acupuncture methods whereas the case study involved electrical acupuncture methods.
A search using the keywords: acupuncture treats prostate cancer provided 19 results. 4 of these were relevant. One of which, Acupuncture treatment of vasomotor symptoms in men with prostatic carcinoma: a pilot study (Hammar et al, 1999) provided further information to support the point that acupuncture can be used to treat side effects of western treatments. This study focused on hot flashes. They found that hot flashes decreased on average 70% over ten weeks. Two articles in this search introduced the idea that some believe that there is no significant relationship between acupuncture and reduced cancer. One of these was Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and other alternative medicines for prostate cancer: an introduction and the need for more research (Moyad et al, 1999). This study looked at acupuncture as well as a number of herbal remedies including kava, Ginkgo and St Johns Wort. They concluded that there would need to be further study to substantiate any claims as they found an in-significant relationship. Acupuncture for treating hot flushes in men with prostate cancer: a systematic review (lee et al, 2009) found similar results. This study focused on reducing the instances of hot flashes using acupuncture. They found that due to an insignificant relationship between the two further studies would need to be completed to substantiate any claims that this is a successful method of treatment.
A final search was conducted using the keywords: electro acupuncture. This search did not provide any articles which were relevant to this case study as all involved non-human participants. Mao et al (1995) found that electronic acupuncture can balance white blood cells levels. Shen et al (2009) found that electronic acupuncture can reduce brain injuries.
Discussion
This case is unique in the sense that it uses electronic acupuncture combining and cupping treatments. It has helped an advanced prostate Cancer patient decrease their PSA level from 68ug/l to 0.6ug/l at over a 9 month period of treatments. After two years of diagnosis with prostate cancer the PSA level has stabilized at 0.6ug/l for over 14 month.
The patient only medical treatment received is a hormone injection at every 6 month from a doctor. This is unusual for people whose cancer is advanced; normally they will use a number of treatments. These can include medical surgery, drugs and herbal medicine and supplements so on. Because of the reduced number of additional treatments we can be more confident that the acupuncture caused the changes.
In the western world TCM and acupuncture are regarded as alternative or complementary treatments which work alongside of western medicine. Many people believe they are not powerful enough to treat serious health problems and can never be used as main stream therapy in health care.
In people who practice TCM and acupuncture, the main therapy are herbal medicine and traditional acupuncture needles. The use of electronic acupuncture machine is normally regard as a home remedy for people who are interested in self treatment for minor health problems such as muscle aches. Therefore this case is unusual as electronic acupuncture is used in a professional setting.
As TCM and acupuncture practitioners we have no question about the fact that TCM contains great wisdom and knowledge in healing and acupuncture can be very effective in treating many health problems. The clinical question will be: Can electronic acupuncture have equally effective results as traditional acupuncture? And this case result can be repeated? Is there any scientific research about how electronic acupuncture could effect to human body?
Since 1995, I have practiced and developed this new method: using multiple electronic acupuncture therapeutic machines instead of acupuncture needles to work on acupuncture points with plum needles, combining cupping treatment to treat every patient that comes to my clinic. The health problems I deal with range from aching muscles, arthritis, asthma, eczema, high blood pressure, insomnia, digestive problems, and headaches. I make a treatment plan for every patient before they start; normally the plan involves 6-10 treatments. The time frame could be 3-8 weeks. More than 80% of patients have effective results.
Before this report, I treat a small number of cancer patients, the difference in this case is that most patients will employ a vast number of treatments, both western and alternative; therefore it is hard to say which treatment created any change. Because in this case the patient only employed two methods, hormone injection, and electronic acupuncture, the likelihood that the changes occurred because of the TCM are relatively high.
The reason for using the electronic acupuncture machine instead acupuncture needles is that Traditional acupuncture needles purpose is to achieve “deqi” sensation , to get qi and blood flow.I have discovered that the use of electronic acupuncture machine can also achieve “deqi” sensation possibly to an even greater extent, because the machine is more flexible pain from inserting the needles can be avoided. Also by not puncturing the skin the possibility of infection is avoided.
I use plum needle combing with cupping to follow the traditional method to release the stagnated qi and blood.
TCM theory believes that many health problems can result from Qi and blood flow deficiency also qi and blood stagnant. TCM focuses on holistic healing and by nourishing qi and blood flow creating a harmonious balance in the body.
My theory is simple, use electronic acupuncture therapeutic machine to generate the qi and blood flow and use plum needle and cupping to remove the stagnancy.
For the last 14 Years I have practiced these methods and have treated roughly 3000 patients with many different health problems with a success rate of over 80%.
Western medicine uses a PSA blood test to diagnosis prostate cancer and then conform the results through a biopsy test. The causes of prostate cancer and its progression are not yet known.
TCM diagnosis prostate cancer through the presence of symptoms including: damp-heat, decline of kidney yang, stagnation of qi.
Figure 3. shows the cycle of how organs relate to each other and what happens when one is not functioning correctly this will affect the whole body. The treatment plan choose acupuncture points
Zusanli zhongwan pishu is To strengthen spleen to remove the dampness
Ganshu is to nourishing liver yin
yongquan guanyuan dazhui shenshuis to noryshing kindney yang .
Figure 3. relationships between organs.
Course of the illness: As stated previously figure 2 shows the decrease in PSA
Figure 2. decrease in PSA over time
TCM focuses on holistic healing and creating a harmonious balance in the body. My treatment pan: use electronic acupuncture therapeutic machine to generate the qi and blood flow and use plum needle and cupping to remove the stagnancy
Because I don’t know what causes the PSA increase. But I understand that a high PSA shows that the body is out of balance. As the whole body was treated holistically the PSA level reduced as the body qi and blood flow was balanced. By using electronic acupuncture machine combining cupping the PSA has decreased from 68ug/l to 13ug/l in two months.
Research by Mao et al (1995) involving rabbits and rats shows electronic acupuncture can holistically and is effective in balancing white blood cell levels and repair brain injuries. This indicates that electronic acupuncture can improve animal’s bio energy and help healing process; it is possible that this could occur in humans as well.
I have practice this method for over 14 years and work with more than 3000 patients. This treatment has no side effects. Normally after the first treatment patient could experienced minor tiredness. Another advantage of this method is that oral medicine is no longer required, this includes herbal medicine. Even herbal medicine can cause negative effects for the digestive system
This is only a single case report. We cannot be certain that these results are replicable. Because the patient was also given hormone injections every six months it is possible the PSA reduced from this treatment rather than the electronic acupuncture. Another possible reason for the results is the change in lifestyle. A healthy diet, positive attitude toward life and commitment to the treatment could have contributed.
Summary
A number of things have been learnt from this case. Electronic acupuncture in combination with cupping treatment is a new method of therapy; it could be equally as powerful as traditional needles in the professional setting. This method could be used in treating health problems such as prostate cancer and possibly other serious health problems. However, further study is needed. A replication study and possibly the elimination of any other treatments would provide more accurate results. However, a study which did not allow other treatments would be unethical and therefore impossible. A final point to add is that although most TCM practitioners believe that their method must include herbal medicines in conjunction with acupuncture needles. This study shows that this may not be the case and this new method of treatments can be equally successful on its own.