Science-Based Medicine Blog對針灸麻醉的批判
作者:Crucify
今天在Consumer Health Digest的郵件里看到的,粗略翻譯一下摘要。
The Science-Based Medicine Blog(基於科學的醫學 博客)得出結論,從
1958到1970年中期被中國所宣揚的「針灸麻醉」是虛假的。在分為四部分的系列
文章里,麻醉學家醫學博士Kimball Atwood得出結論:
1. 大部分為外科手術而被施以針灸麻醉的患者也被施以了鎮靜劑,麻醉劑
和局部麻醉。
2. 對「針灸麻醉」使用和有效性的統計數據被嚴重誇大了。
3. 在文革中,患者有著討好醫師和權威的巨大壓力,因此他們不大會抱怨。
4. 在七十年代末,當批判變得安全的時候,有識之士開始公開揭露其虛假
性。對中醫的使用和崇拜從那時開始走下坡路。
5. 不存在所謂針灸麻醉,至少不存在人道的或者臨床上實用的用於外科手
術的針灸麻醉。
來源: Atwood KA. "針灸麻醉:來自毛主席的宣告. Science in Medicine
Blog, May/June 2009.
[第一部分] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=131
[第二部分] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=494
[第三部分] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=505
[第四部分] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=540
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Devastating attack on "acupuncture anesthesia" published.
The Science-Based Medicine Blog has concluded that the
"acupuncture anesthesia" promoted by the People's Republic of China
from about 1958 through the mid-1970s was faked. In a four-part series,
anesthesiologist Kimball Atwood, M.D. concludes:
**Most patients who underwent acupuncture for surgery were given
sedatives, narcotics, and local anesthetics.
**Statistics about the use and effectiveness of "acupuncture
anesthesia" were grossly exaggerated.
**During the Cultural Revolution, patients were under extreme
pressure to please their physicians and other authority figures, which
meant they were unlikely to complain.
**In the late 1970s, when criticism became safe, knowledgeable
doctors began speaking out publicly about the fakery. Use and respect
for Traditional Chinese Medicine has been declining in China sine that
time.
**There is no acupuncture anesthesia or analgesia-at least not to
an extent that is either humane or clinically useful for surgery.
Source: Atwood KA. "Acupuncture anesthesia: a proclamation from
Chairman Mao. Science in Medicine Blog, May/June 2009.
[Part I] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=131
[Part II] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=494
[Part III] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=505
[Part IV] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=540