Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Hospitals—How have General Hospitals Changed after Introducing Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Routine Care?

Ikuro Wakayama; Shuichi Katai; Yoichi Furuya; Masanori Takashi; Masao Suzuki; Koichiro Tanaka

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Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Hospitals—How have General Hospitals Changed after Introducing Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Routine Care?

VernacularTitle:病院医療における鍼灸—鍼灸で病院はこう変わる—
Author: Ikuro WAKAYAMA ¹ ; Shuichi KATAI ² ; Yoichi FURUYA ³ ; Masanori TAKASHI ⁴ ; Masao SUZUKI ⁵ ; Koichiro TANAKA ⁶
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1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Kansai University of Health Sciences
2. National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology
3. DO-HO Park Acu-Moxa Clinic
4. Department of Oriental Medicine, Tonami General Hospital
5. Department of Oriental Medicine, Tokai University Hospital
6. Department of Kampo Medicine, Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University
Keywords: acupuncture-moxibustion; hospital; traditional medicine; certified Kampo doctor; integrated medicine
From:Kampo Medicine 2021;72(1):71-87
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Although it is not yet common, certified Kampo (traditional Japanese medicine) doctors and acupuncturists are cooperating with each other to provide traditional medical treatment for patients in some general hospitals in Japan. In other hospitals, however, Kampo and acupuncture-moxibustion have not been introduced, and doctors only treat patients using modern Western medicine. Many doctors must already be aware that modern Western medicine is not the only approach for the treatment of patients, but they do not make any efforts to improve the situation by adopting traditional medicine. Here, we give some examples of hospitals in which acupuncture treatments are routinely provided, having a favorable effect on both patients as well as the hospitals themselves. We believe that these examples give us a good opportunity to consider the future of an ideal medical system in which modern Western medicine and traditional Japanese medicine are successfully integrated.