Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Acupuncture for Heart Attack Patients
Heart Attack! Even in ancient times, the idea of heart attacks was not unknown in China. While the old timers obviously did not yet know...
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Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- May 13, 2014
- 2 min
Real Acupuncture versus Sham – Again
The Skeptics’ Claim We will always hear skeptics harp on and on how there is supposedly no evidence for acupuncture’s effectivity. When...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Apr 12, 2014
- 2 min
Diabetic Painful Neuropathy: Treatable with Acupuncture?
Diabetic Neuropathy In my practice, I receive quite a good number of referrals from other healthcare workers about the treatment of...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Mar 23, 2014
- 3 min
Protective Effects of ST 36 Zusanli Against Sepsis
Sepsis is the overwhelming immune response to infection leading to organ damage due to inflammation. Septic shock is a possibly fatal...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Feb 12, 2014
- 2 min
Rotating Acupuncture Needles Works Better than Just Sticking Them In
The Deqi Sensation A common myth among patients is that acupuncturists merely stick acupuncture needles into patients, and that’s it. ...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Feb 2, 2014
- 2 min
Electro Acupuncture for Stroke: Spasticity of the Arm in Chronic Stroke Patients
Acupuncture for Stroke Sequelae Cerebrovascular Disease or stroke is a potentially devastating condition. Two kinds of paralysis may...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Jan 5, 2014
- 2 min
Acupuncture For Bladder Control in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Spinal Cord Injury, Bladder and Bowel Control Spinal cord injury is truly a traumatic experience. By traumatic I mean more than just the...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Dec 27, 2013
- 4 min
Biased Journalism About Acupuncture Again
A Ridiculous Headline A recent study, which I myself blogged about (Acupuncture in Complementary Cancer Care: Easing Joint Pain From...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Dec 14, 2013
- 4 min
Acupuncture vs Valproic Acid in Migraine Prevention
Splitting Headaches Migraines are not ordinary headaches. As one who suffered migraines himself, I can definitely testify to the...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Dec 6, 2013
- 2 min
Acupuncture Relieves Pancreatic Cancer Pain
Pancreatic Cancer Our research article today is from the journal Pancreatology. The article in particular is Electroacupuncture...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 25, 2013
- 4 min
Acupuncture in Complementary Cancer Care: Easing Joint Pain From Breast Cancer Treatment
Acupuncture In Cancer Treatment My distaste for quacks and charlatans is well known. I myself have seen cancer victims be bamboozled...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 24, 2013
- 3 min
Repost: Definite Proof Acupuncture is More than Just Placebo
This article originally appeared on qi-spot.com, my old blog, on April 30, 2010. Dead links have been removed or edited. Enough with...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 3, 2013
- 2 min
Acupuncture For Anxiety Relief During Aftermath of Philippines Earthquake
When a massive earthquake hit our country hard last October 15, everyone was rightfully concerned about the availability of basic...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Apr 12, 2013
- 2 min
Pre-Operative Acupuncture to Prevent Opioid-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
I have often mentioned to my medical students that the acupoint PC 6 Neiguan is among the acupuncture points most frequently studied in...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Feb 1, 2013
- 3 min
Pre-Op Jitters? Acupuncture Helps!
I recall the story of a famous surgeon. He was a reputed miracle worker whose talent with the scalpel was unparalleled. Countless lives...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Jan 6, 2013
- 2 min
The Achilles Heel
Ever since I personally got involved in sports medicine, I’ve been getting questions about acupuncture for Achilles Tendinitis. While...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Dec 4, 2012
- 3 min
Safety Precautions in Acupuncture
Just recently, I was told by a colleague the story of how a so-called “practitioner” who just finished a few weekends’ worth of...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 22, 2012
- 2 min
Ear Acupuncture and Weight Loss
One thing that many patients may not realize is that there is not one entity called “acupuncture.” The word, actually, is a loose...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 14, 2012
- 2 min
Acupuncture Improves Sleep in Postmenopausal Women
The Holy Grail in medical clinical research is the double-blind, placebo controlled study. This is the one thing that skeptics claim...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 2, 2012
- 4 min
Research Shows Which Nerve Fibers Get the Point – Reposting
Another of my favorite posts from my previous blog, dated May 3, 2010. (http://qi-spot.com/2010/05/03/research-shows-which-nerve-fibers-...
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