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6th International Conference and Expo on
Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine
April 18-19, 2018
Las Vegas, USA
Scientific Tracks
& Abstracts
DAY 1
Acupuncture 2018
Page 37Stefanie Schroeder, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
6th International Conference and Expo on
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
The effectiveness of acupuncture therapy on stress in a large urban college population
Stefanie Schroeder
Arizona State University, USA
T his study is a randomized controlled clinical trial to study the effectiveness of acupuncture in the perception of stress in
patients who study or work on a large urban college campus. The hypothesis was that verum acupuncture would demonstrate
a significant positive impact on perceived stress as compared to sham acupuncture. This study included 111 participants with
high self-reported stress levels who either studied or worked at a large urban public university in the Southwestern United
States. 62 participants completed the study. Subjects were randomized into a verum acupuncture or sham acupuncture group.
Both groups received treatment once a week for 12 weeks. The Cohen’s Global Measure of Perceived Stress scale (PSS-14) was
completed by each subject prior to treatment, at 6 weeks, at 12 weeks, and 6 weeks and 12 weeks post-treatment completion.
While both verum and sham acupuncture patients showed a substantial initial decrease in perceived stress scores, at 12 weeks
post treatment verum acupuncture showed a significantly greater treatment effect than sham acupuncture. This study indicates
that acupuncture may be successful in decreasing the perception of stress in students and staff at a large urban university and
this effect persists for at least 3 months after the completion of treatment.
Biography
Stefanie Schroeder has completed her medical education at SUNY StonyBrook in 1990 and studied Acupuncture under Doctor Tsun-Nin Lee at the academy for
pain research in San Francisco, in 2001. She is a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician and after 10 years of emergency medicine practice came to
Arizona Sate University as the Medical Director of the Student Health Service and built one of the first integrative wellness departments in college health.
stefanie.schroeder@asu.edu
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Page 39Yuwen Cen et al., Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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Clinical management of aconite toxicity
Yuwen Cen1, 2, Gabrielle LeCompte1 and Xiaoqin Zhu1
1
Highland Hospital/AHS, USA
2
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, USA
Introduction: Aconite and related alkaloids toxicity were recently reported. Aconitum species are highly toxic cardiotoxins
and neurotoxins. However, aconite root has been used as an effective traditional herb for various pain ailments and severe
diseases in China for thousands of years. Aconitine alkaloids are very potent as medicine and its toxicity is controllable in
traditional Chinese medicine. In the last thirty years, new science and technology developed numerous methods to screen and
monitor the toxicity level. Due to the rising wave of health awareness, there is more people consuming herbal medicine all over
the world, and management of aconite toxicity is extremely important in the medical practice.
Goal: Review the toxicity cases in the publications, based on the research of the mechanism and metabolism studies. Set up a
methodology protocol for management to assess and prevent the toxicity of aconite in the future.
Methods: Classic Chinese medicine texts were reviewed and a Medline search (1963- 2017) was conducted. Key word searches
included information on the use of aconite roots in traditional medicine, active (toxic) ingredients, mechanisms of toxicity,
and clinical features including indications, contraindications, process methods, herb-herb and herb-drug interactions, and
management of aconite poisoning were reviewed.
Results: A summary of information included mechanisms of toxicity, clinical features, and management of aconite. Supplement
monitoring for indications and contraindications, quality control, processing methodology, drug-drug interactions, benefit
and risk assessments, screening for baseline, follow up and intervention of toxicity effects via hospital care were discussed.
Conclusion: Numerous applications of aconite while modulating its toxicity can reveal many benefits from herbal
supplementation to medicine by incorporating traditional knowledge and contemporary scientific techniques.
Biography
Yuwen Cen holds both a Master’s degree and PhD degree of TCM specializing in the internal disease. During her practice in the hospital as an Integrative Medicine
Doctor, she received multiple research funds from the highest level of the national science funding in China and collaborated widely with the doctors of Western
Medicine and multidisciplinary personnel. She has published 13 articles as the first author and involved in over 50 publications. She joined DAOM program in
ACTCM and working in school clinic of American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2014. Simultaneously she has been in the resident program of
Integrative Medicine in Highland Hospital for one year.
2014yvonne.cen@gmail.com
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Page 40Sanghyun Lee, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
Case study of oriental medicine treatment on the secondary insomnia for psychiatric patients with
Escitalopram
Sanghyun Lee
Insight Choices, USA
Introduction: Background escitalopram is one of the common antidepressants in the SSRI group to treat anxiety and depression
with common side effect of insomnia up to 14%.
Purpose: To see efficacy of oriental medicine treatment to reduce insomnia of patients with Escitalopram.
Method: From September 2016 to October 2017, five patients with Escitalopram were referred from psychiatric clinic. 60 minutes
weekly visit treatment up to six months is consist of 15 minutes of consultation, 10 minutes of oriental diagnosis, 30 minutes of
acupuncture treatment and five minutes of summary consultation with meditation technique, and food advice. Insomnia Severity
Index (ISI) survey has been used to evaluate sleep quality.
Result: According to ISI, in two to 16 visits, five patients shows change from 18.2 (clinical insomnia) to 12.6 (subthreshold
insomnia), include two to zero severe clinical insomnia, two to three clinical insomnia, one to one subthreshold insomnia, and
zero to one no insomnia. Two patients changed on falling asleep (4 to 1.5) and staying asleep (2.5 to 1.5), two on waking up too
early (3.5 to 0), and one on the quality of life (4 to 0).
Conclusion: Oriental medicine include acupuncture, cupping and recommendation of lifestyle might be helpful to decrease
insomnia level for patients with escitalopram. In the future study, management of outside factors for outpatients are needed,
control group of insomnia without treatment, cortisol level measurement as biomarker and increase population are needed to be
included
Biography
Sang is a Licensed California Acupuncturist with Oriental Medicine Diploma from National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
(NCCAOM). His interest is study of physical complication from psychiatry issues. After he graduated high school in Seoul, South Korea, he was a pre dental student
in UCLA with Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, B.S. Due to family influence of dentistry; he proceeded with his study of stomatology in Tong Ji University,
Shanghai, China. He found his interest in Oriental medicine theories and application within Integrative medicine, he studied in South Baylo University and influence
from Integrative medical centers in Southern California, such as USC, UCLA, UCI, CIM UCSD and AIHM.
sang@insightchoices.com
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Page 41Byron Cheng-Han Lu et al., Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
A retrospective acupuncture review in a primary care clinic-within a public teaching hospital
Byron Cheng-Han Lu, C G Waters, T Ngo, D G LeCompte, L Berry and A Matecki
Alameda Health System, USA
Objectives: Assess sociodemographic characteristics of patients seen in Highland Hospital K6 Adult Medicine Acupuncture
Clinic. Describe the implementation of paper chart documentation to Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Demonstrate
feasibility of integrating Acupuncture practice in a primary care hospital setting.
Design: A descriptive study, retrospective chart review.
Setting/Location: Alameda Health System Highland Hospital, a public teaching hospital.
Subjects: Patients were referred from all medical subspecialties between July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 to a 4 hour half-day clinic
per week.
Intervention: Acupuncture treatments were given to patients for pain management. All treatments were 30 minutes in length.
Outcome Measures: Primary outcomes included sex, age, race, primary payer, ED visits and hospital visits. Secondary
outcomes included patient medications and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnoses, and transitioning from paper
charts to NextGen (EMR).
Results: 155 total patients were seen with a total of 442 treatment visits within a one-year period. Of the patients seen, 27.1%
(N=42) male, 72.9% (N=113) female, average age was 57. The average number of visits per patient was 2.85. African-American
ethnicity represented the largest population subset at 37.4% (N=58) (p6th International Conference and Expo on
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Oriental Medicine
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Page 43I Széchenyi, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
I Széchenyi
Széchenyi Health Center, Hungary
Modern meridian– diagnostics in the complementary - integrative therapies (oral, ear, ear phase, body
acupuncture, homeopathy, schuessler salts, bach flower therapy, etc.)
Aim: Our aim is to replace the pulse/tongue diagnosis by the modern meridian diagnosis, i.e. we objectively display in images
the state of the meridians and apply its benefits: fast, precise, repeatable, recommends different therapeutic methods using
the laws of TCM (e.g. ear acupuncture, body acupuncture, Homeopathy, Schuessler salts, Bach flower therapy). Furthermore,
it may provide information about the status of the teeth/periodontal conditions and the status of the subluxation of spine
vertebrae thus supporting and helping the efficiency of the therapist's work.
Material & Methods: We measure the TCM meridian endpoint diagnostics and/or Ryodoraku (mainly boiling points) and the
microampere values of the ear zones. From the resulting values we can draw conclusions about the status of the Meridians, the
anomalies of teeth/periodontal system and the consequences of subluxation of spine vertebrae.
Results: The objective measurement and recording of data provide an opportunity for the comparison of meridian-status
during pre and post-therapy, to display acute and chronic energy blockages in images to assist understanding, even recording
that the same energy blocks are repeated in one month or several years.
Conclusion: In addition to the endpoint and boiling point diagnostics of meridians, important information may be received
about the status of the teeth/periodontal system and the subluxation of spine vertebrae. The various energy therapies
(acupuncture, ear acupuncture, Homeopathy, Bach flower therapy, Schuessler salts...) are able to influence the biological
functions in an integrative way and thus harmonize the various malfunctions of the meridians. The healing specialist may not
see well only with his heart, but the status of the 12 main meridians can also be displayed in an objective manner, in images.
Psychology has long proven that "one picture equals to a thousand words. The condition of an effective treatment in addition
to the proper medical history is an accurate diagnosis of the objective condition through which one may avoid taking chances.
The application of different energy therapies and influencing beneficially the bio thermodynamic condition may take place in
an integrative way only after the above.
Biography
Széchenyi István is psychologist-acupuncturist, got his diploma in the Eötvös Lóránt University of Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology. After that he
passed the acupuncteur exam of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Assotiation (USA). He has founded and he was co-president of the Hungarian "Dripstone"
Association for patients suffering from vision problems for the aim to help to increase the life quality of handicapped people. After that he participated in the post-
gradual level course about the Traditional Chinese Medicine. He completed a special acupuncteur course and received an Acupuncteur Diploma from the Haynal
Imre University of Health Sciences. All these were followed by the next diplomas:Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (NADA trainer), VOLL's electroacupuncture
diploma for theoretical and practical basis.
drszechenyi@gmail.com
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Page 44Soraya Faris, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
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Soraya Faris
World Medicine Institute, Hawaii
Acusonics – Sound Vibrational Healing with tuning forks
Sound Vibration Treatments with Tuning Forks: Tuning Fork therapy is a no-needle acupuncture technique. Using Tuning
Forks on the meridians and acupuncture points, in place of acupuncture needles, for a gentler more relaxing, yet equally
effective healing treatment.The application of sound vibration to the physical & subtle body opens the energetic pathways
where the qi or natural life force flows. As a result, energy blocks are removed, increasing the flow of Qi, facilitating homeostasis
through which profound healing begins.Tuning Forks can be used as its own therapy, or can also be used as part of a full
acupuncture treatment. Sound Healing therapy has dates back for centuries and is one of the oldest healing modalities.
Combining therapeutic knowledge of specific acupuncture points with knowledge of specific frequencies, the body can literally
be tuned back into harmonic resonance.
Biography
Soraya is a Licensed Acupuncturist: NCCAOM. She studied Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine under a 64th generation Taoist Master at the World Medicine Institute,
Ohau Hawaii (2014). Soraya is originally from Engalnd and has a Bachelors’ Degree of Education: Bradford University, UK. Soraya is Co Founder of and teacher at
Hawaii Healing Sound School and has recently recorded the schools first sound healing CD –‘Medicine Resonance’. Soraya is a Kundalini Yoga teacher, teaching
Kundalini Yoga and Symphonic Gong classes, events and retreats. Soraya is currently living on Oahu, Hawaii, where she has a busy Holistic Health Clinic offering
a range of modalities, including acupuncture, herbs, sound healing and yoga.
soraya@soulisticholisticshawaii.com
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Page 51Lisa Grant et al., Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
Managing complicated endometriosis and PCO: Case studies in integrative TCM approaches
Lisa Grant
Spring Mountains Acupuncture, USA
E ndometriois and PCO are complex gynecological problems that have limited treatment options in Western medicine.
The usual medical approaches are limited to OCP and surgery for endometriosis, which minimally address uterine area
symptoms only. For PCOS the medical approaches are OCP, surgery, and metformin. These approaches primarily address
symptoms, they are not curative. Effective treatment requires a holistic, systemic approach which resolves the root cause and
treats the systemic and gynecologic symptoms of these diseases. The genesis of endometriosis is inflammatory cytokines and
disruption of the immune system; the systemic effect is endometrial tissue spread throughout the body and impairment of
fertility. The genesis of endometriosis is hyperinsulinemea, leading to systemic endocrine disruption in testosterone, estrogen
and progesterone, with cardiovascular, gynecological, fertility and metabolic implications. TCM and 5 element acupuncture
offer an integrated case management approach that address the systemic symptoms and effects. Case studies of patients treated
with TCM and 5 element acupuncture diagnostic methods, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, nutrition and lifestyle modifications,
combined with allopathic medicine bloodwork and Western understanding of the specific immunologic and endocrine impact
of these diseases will be presented. In addition, methods of approaching Western MDs to discuss Chinese medicine as an
effective treatment method, and getting referrals from MDs will be discussed.
Biography
Lisa Grant is a licensed Oriental Medicine Doctor specializing in fertility and women’s issues in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has a Master’s in Asian Studies from
Cornell University, completed her Master’s in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs at the Maryland University of Integrated Health, and is currently serving as the
Secretary/Treasurer of the Nevada State Board of Oriental Medicine.
acuspring@gmail.com
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Page 53João Eduardo De Araujo, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
Auriculotherapy, smal intestine, and heart systemic acupuncture point selectively change the motor
response in the upper and lower limbs of the healthy subjects using surface electromyography and
computerized baropodometry
João Eduardo De Araujo
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Experiment1: 32 healthy participants randomized into the groups: Smal Intestine (SI) 14 point, SI8 point, Control, and Kidney
3 point.
Experiment2: 52 participants randomized into the groups: Heart (H) 3 point, H4 point, control, and bladder 60 point. In both
experiments (I and II), the evaluation was the root mean square (RMS) activity and muscle strength.
Experiment3: 40 volunteers randomized into the groups: auriculotherapy needle stimulation in the coxofemoral, knee, and
ankle points or control group. We analyzed the contact area (CA) and the peak pressure (PP) in both feet at baseline, 20
and 25 minutes after the baseline. The RMS increased on the right side in the Upper Trapezius muscle for the SI8 and SI14
groups (F3,37=4.67) at the 20-minute evaluation. The most vigorous response occurred on the contralateral side because the
effects were maintained for 5 minutes after withdrawal (F3,37=4.52). Both groups showed an increase in the muscle strength
at the 20-minute evaluation (F3,37=3.41). The RMS was reduced on the contralateral side to the H4 group 20 minutes after
of the needles withdraw (F3,48=3.25). Ipsilateral and contralateral stimulation in the H4 group reduced the muscle strength
5 minutes and 10 minutes after withdrawal (F3,48=5.82). Auriculotherapy points showed an increase in CA (F:6.49) and a
decrease in PP (F:3.11) at 20 and 25 minutes, when compared to C. The PP decreased is only for the right LL at 20 and 25
minutes (F:6.45). Our data indicate that SI yang meridian increases the muscle response, while the H Yin meridian decreases
the muscle response. The auriculotherapy points were able to modify the ipsilateral lower limb weight discharge on the same
side of the stimulated auricular pavilion.
Biography
João Eduardo De Araujo has completed his PhD from Ribeirão Preto Philosophy School of the University of São Paulo (USP). He is Associate Professor in the
Health Sciences Department of the Medical School of the USP. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and is the Chair of the Brazilin Society
of the physiotherapist's acupuncturists in São Paulo State.
araujoje@fmrp.usp.br
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Page 54Kyle Bruce Bills, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
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Neurological mechanisms underlying the effects of mechanoacupuncture in the treatment of drug
abuse disorders
Kyle Bruce Bills
Brigham Young University, USA
H T7 mechanoacupuncture has been shown to reduce drug-seeking behavior. However, aspects of its mechanism remain
elusive. In these studies, we demonstrate that a portion of the neurological pathway mediating HT7’s effects begin with
activation of peripheral mechanoreceptors in the ulnar nerve. These receptors send signals through the dorsal column medial
lemniscal (DCML) pathway and synapse in the nucleus cuneatus, then, progressively, to the thalamus and lateral habenula
before arriving at the ventral tegmental area (VTA). There, activation of delta opioid receptors produces a transient decrease in
GABA neuron firing rate resulting in a net disinhibition of VTA dopaminergic projections to the nucleus accumbens (NAc),
producing an ephemeral increase in DA neurotransmission. We further show that these effects are specific to frequency, but
not region of stimulus.
Biography
Kyle Bruce Bills completed his gradute Summa Cum Laude from Parker University in 2009 with his Doctor of Chiropratic (DC) degree. He started a private practice
in Tracy, CA and practiced for seven years, including serving as an appointee by the State of California to serve a Qualified Medical Evaluator and Subject Matter
Expert in the workers’ compensation system. In 2016, he began Post-Doctoral Research Training at Brigham Young University. He is currently earning a PhD in
Neuroscience focusing on the underlying neurological mechanism of mechanoacupuncture in the treatment of drug-abuse disorders.
drkbills@gmail.com
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Page 55I Széchenyi, Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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April 18-19, 2018 | Las Vegas, USA
Objective measurement of the effect of Zhong Yuan Qigong exercises by using MeriDiM® Meridian
Diagnostics
I Széchenyi
Széchenyi Health Center, Hungary
Aim: To present the visualization of the effect of Zhong Yuan Qigong practice and the kind of changes the "Introductory and
the Great Tree exercise" in the case of 13 persons and the "Kidney Meditation Exercise” in the case of 19 persons can create in
the state of the 12 main meridians.
Materials & Methods: The change of status we are displaying with modern Meridian- diagnostics, which is an objective
method, without any subjectivity and according to scientific criteria it is suitable for showing the effect of Qigong exercises for
the naked eye. We show it in a very impressive way “that one picture is more valuable than 1000 words”.
Results: In both groups we measured a very significant 94% and 86% change respectively in the 12 pairs of main meridians.
Conclusion: We may dissolve the energy blocks in the meridians not only with ear acupuncture, body acupuncture, homeopathy,
Schuessler salts but also with energy exercises, namely, by exercising Zhong Yuan Qigong.
Biography
Széchenyi István is psychologist-acupuncturist, got his diploma in the Eötvös Lóránt University of Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology. After that he passed
the acupuncteur exam of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Assotiation (USA). He has founded and he was co-president of the Hungarian "Dripstone" Association
for patients suffering from vision problems for the aim to help to increase the life quality of handicapped people. After that he participated in the post-gradual level course
about the Traditional Chinese Medicine. He completed a special acupuncteur course and received an Acupuncteur Diploma from the Haynal Imre University of Health
Sciences. All these were followed by the next diplomas: Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (NADA trainer), VOLL's electroacupuncture diploma for theoretical and
practical basis.
drszechenyi@gmail.com
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Page 56Laleh Oveidzadeh et al., Altern Integr Med 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162-C2-044
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Investigating the effectiveness of the Trigonella foenum- graecum L. seeds in mild asthma: A
randomized controlled trial
Laleh Oveidzadeh1, Majid Emtiazy1, Minoo Habibi2, Leila Molaeipour3, Daryush Talei4, Zahra jafari1 and Mohammad Kamalinejad2
1
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
3
Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran
4
Shahed University, Iran
Statement of the problem: Asthma is one of the important chronic diseases that characterized by variable degrees of airway
obstruction. This obstruction is usually reversible and leads to symptoms of dyspnea and wheezing. The asthma prevalence is
increasing in last decades. Despite the presence of good controller drugs like corticosteroids, about 60% of asthmatic patients
use alternative medicine. This study was done to determine the effectiveness of Tregonella foenum graceum (fenugreek) seeds
in mild asthma.
Methodology and theoretical orientation: It is a triple blind trial with placebo effect. One of the ancient prescriptions from
Persian Medicine was selected. The participants were divided to 3 groups randomly. One group received fenugreek syrup one
received honey syrup and the third group received placebo. Duration of treatment was 4 weeks. Quality of life, Lung function
tests and IL-4 levels were evaluated before and after treatment.
Findings: from 90 participants to study 79 completed the process. After study there was significant increase in quality of the life
and lung function tests and IL- 4 levels in fenugreek and honey groups but there were not significant changes in placebo group.
Conclusion and significance: FEV1 level was improved more than 10% in fenugreek group. Treatment was well tolerated. No
serious side effects were reported during the study. The aqueous extract of fenugreek seeds appears to be effective and safe in
treatment of mild asthma
l_oveidzadeh@yahoo.com
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