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Integrative East-West Medicine for Reflux Disease

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This chapter summarizes an integrative East-West medicine approach for the treatment of reflux disease. The conceptual framework of integrative East-West medicine, therapeutic effects of acupuncture based upon mechanistic and clinical studies, nutritional recommendations from a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) perspective, and implications upon the brain-gut-microbiota axis are all described. The potential for a brain-naso-sinus-pharynx-larynx-microbiota axis is also discussed using TCM pattern diagnosis as a point of reference for translational investigative research.

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Taw, M.B. (2019). Integrative East-West Medicine for Reflux Disease. In: Jamal, N., Wang, M. (eds) Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12318-5_9

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