normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: preoperative anxiety has become more frequent in preoperative patients and can bring negative impact on operation outcomes. many studies have reported the effect of body acupuncture in reducing anxiety syndromes. the aim of this study is to compare the treatment effect of body acupuncture and auricular acupunct...

background: acupuncture is an indispensable part of traditional chinese medicine for relief of pain. the purpose of this study was the immediate & latent of low power laser ga-al-as irradiation applied to acupuncture points on experimental pain threshold. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on seventy adult women ranging from 20 to 40 years old assigned randomly into two groups...

Three-dimensional (3D) topographic structures of acupuncture points were investigated by using synchrotron radiation in-line X-ray phase contrast computerized tomography. Two acupuncture points, named Zhongji (RN3) and Zusanli (ST36), were studied. We found an accumulation of microvessels at each acupuncture point region. Images of the tissues surrounding the acupuncture points do not show such...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the dynamics underlying the sustained effect of acupuncture as a possible explanation of earlier findings that acupuncture stimulation at the vision-related acupuncture point, GB37, cannot specifically change the functional MRI (fMRI) signals of the visual cortex compared with stimulation at an adjacent non-meridian point. METHODS The 'on-off' experimental design was ...

BACKGROUND According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory, acupuncture effects are based on the integrity function of meridians. Meridians are thought to regulate body function through the normal flow of qi and/or blood. Disturbances in this flow are thought to cause disease, and acupuncture techniques are believed to cure disease by regulating this flow. However, it is still difficult ...

Methods M.E.A.D. was used as a measurement tool. Thirty healthy volunteers from the University were recruited. We measured once every week and twice every time in a 30 minute interval. In the first week, 30 subjects sat and rested during the interval, which served as the control group. We compared these two measurements in the first week by reliability analysis. In the second week, we stimulate...

Acupuncture has been used for over 2000 years to treat a variety of diseases. It is safe and effective, especially for conditions such as pain, geriatric diseases, and exercise-related diseases. There are 361 acupuncture points located throughout the body on meridians. Meridians are the energetic channels that connect all the points to each other. These points are stimulated by various means to...

The meridian system is a systematic order of empirical knowledge functioning as a rational ground for a balanced treatment by combining meridians. In TCM theory, a continuous circulation of Qi through 12 meridians is postulated, described as the Chinese clock (CC). On this basis, combinations of meridians and acupoints had been described in historical writings. The most common is the interior/e...

OBJECTIVES To provide an in-depth analysis of seven well-reported studies that examined electrodermal activity (EDA) at acupuncture points with regard to three commonly held tenets of acupuncture: (1) EDA at pathology-related acupuncture points is distinguishable from non-pathology-related acupuncture points; (2) EDA at acupuncture points can assist in diagnosing and monitoring therapeutic prog...

While balancing yin and yang is one basic principle of Chinese medicine, balancing methods for combination of meridians and acupoints had been described throughout the history of Chinese medicine. We have identified six historical systems for combinations of acupuncture points in historical writings. All of them represent symmetrical combinations which are defined by the steps in the Chinese Cl...