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Ulcers Related to Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Lynn H. Y. Teo, MD;
Mark B. Y. Tang, MD;
Audrey Wei-Hsia Tan, MD;
Hiok-Hee Tan, MD;
See-Ket Ng, MD
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is considered a "safe" alternative to Western medicine, has gained popularity in the West. Acupuncture, a form of TCM, involves the insertion of needles into the body. While acupuncture is often regarded as a minimally invasive technique with minimal serious adverse effects,1 substantial adverse effects can occur leading to devastating consequences. Our literature review of PubMed articles published between 1970 and 2008 identified acupuncture-related cutaneous adverse events (Figure 1).1-4
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Figure 1. Common (>5 cases) and isolated reports (<5 cases) of cutaneous acupuncture complications found in the literature.
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Herein we report 3 cases in which acupuncture was combined with 3 other forms of TCM: case 1, blood letting for "toxin release"; case 2, moxibustion (burning a small bundle of an herb called mugwort, or . . . [Full Text of this Article] Report of Cases
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