BACKGROUND The instant-treatment effect of acupuncture for patients with migraines has been corroborated in numerous studies. However, most diseases are chronic and tend to recur, so the long-term effect of acupuncture can verify the existence of sustained efficacy or the placebo effect. Evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture in the prophylaxis of migraine without aura (MWoA) in China is also i...

This study is to investigate the correlations among Sanjian (LI3), Hegu (LI4), and Yangxi (LI5) acupoints and their corresponding nonacupoints on the Yangming Large Intestine Meridian of Hand before and after laser irradiation using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and diffuse reflectance spectra. The experiment was conducted on 10 healthy people. A 658 nm laser with 50 mW output power was us...

Objective. To evaluate the evidence on the immunomodulatory effect of acupoint application for childhood asthma. Methods. Five electronic databases through October 2014 were searched. The risk of bias in eligible studies was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration tool. Standardised mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of random-effects model were calculated. And heterogene...

Previous studies suggest that superoxide anions are possibly traveling along acupuncture meridians. The electrical potential difference (EPD) between acupoints may be related to the movement. To test the above hypothesis, we conducted a study investigating the effects of acupoint antioxidant interventions on the meridian EPD. Firstly, ST39 (L) and ST44 (L) were screened out for the EPD detectio...

background nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is a common complaint of nearly 50-80% of pregnant women. the problem begins around the 4th weeks of pregnancy and often stays up to the 12th weeks and may continue to the 16th week in a few patients. objectives the aim of our study is to determine the effect of acupressure (on kid21 point) on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. materials and methods th...

The Baihui acupoint has three Yang and five convergences; it is needled in order to activate spirit and resuscitate the brain in traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of acupuncture stimulation at the Baihui acupoint on cerebral infarct and dopamine levels. A chronic cerebral hypoperfusion animal model was established by permanent...

Background: acupressure is the act of suppression on activation point (trigger point), wherein in case pain same as acupoint acupuncture. Acupoint lies throughout body that connects through a complex network meridians. Each has special effect body’s system, or it particular organ inside body. The aim to promote circulation able balance energy (Qi). There are several ways apply technic by pressu...

Objectives : By observing the effect of acupoint catgut embedding on intestinal flora ovariectomized osteoporotic rats, correlation between regulation and prevention treatment osteoporosis was discussed preliminarily. Methods Result: Compared with Group A B, bone mineral density (BMD) femur tibia in C decreased significantly (p<0.05), indicating successful modeling. C, BMD D increased (p<...

To investigate the effects of magnetic stimulation at acupoints on brain functional network during mental fatigue, magnetic stimulation was applied to stimulate SHENMEN (HT7), HEGU (LI4) and LAOGONG (PC8) acupoint in this paper. The brain functional networks of normal state, mental fatigue state and stimulated state were constructed and the characteristic parameters were comparatively studied b...