Especialização em Terapêutica Tradicional Chinesa
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Monografia Acesso aberto Constipação intestinal com enfoque na medicina tradicional chinesa(2011) Beckner, Magda Fernandes PinheiroConstipation is a problem with high prevalence in several countries worldwide, and has worsened mainly due to the lifestyle of today's hectic and stressful. From 1970 in the West has been a demand to solve health problems through alternative or complementary practices, and between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), mainly through acupuncture. The purpose of this monograph is to analyze the constipation from the standpoint of traditional Chinese medicine. This was accomplished through a literature review of the fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as well as research the existence of scientific papers related to constipation by searching the databases, BIREME Medline, PubMed, SciELO, Lilacs and Science Direct . Of scientific papers found, six were classified using the criteria of inclusion and exclusion. An experiment with children, a laboratory rats and four reference. All research results were positive in increasing bowel movement with the use of acupuncture. Due to the small number of available studies can not yet say with certainty that this therapy is effective in treating constipation.