Specificity of acupoint effect and its fundamental laws  

经穴效应特异性及基本规律的初步研究(英文)

作　　者：梁繁荣[1] 唐勇[1] 李瑛[1] 任玉兰[1] 曾芳[1] 赵凌[1] 吴巧凤[1] 黄文静[1] 

机构地区：[1]成都中医药大学

出　　处：《World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion》2009年第1期1-5,共5页世界针灸杂志（英文版）

基　　金：funded by 973 program(2006 CB504501)

摘　　要：Objective To explore the specificity of acupoint effect and its fundamental laws. Methods We use evidence-based medicine method and data mining technology for ancient and modern acupuncture literature of migraine and functional dyspepsia to uncover the specificity and its laws. We apply multicenter,randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for migraine to identify the specificity from clini-cal aspects; to explain the biological base of the specificity,we analyze the PET/CT and NMR result on migraine and functional dyspepsia cases treated by acupuncture. Results The viewpoint of specificity of acupoint effect and its two fundamental laws (meridian course specificity and meridian qi convergence specificity)were found both in ancient and modern literature; compared to non-acupoints,the acupoints effect was specific on 180 migraine patients in the randomized controlled trials; the results of PET/CT scan showed that brain response to acupoint needling is more obvious than that of non-acupoint needling; NMR detected the influence on metabolic product of acupoint needling is more apparent than non-acupoint needling. Conclusions Our research confirmed that acupoint effect not only has its specificity but also has two fundamental laws:meridian course specificity and meridian qi convergence specificity,of which the biological base is supported by imaging and metabonomic studies.Objective To explore the specificity of acupoint effect and its fundamental laws. Methods We use evidence-based medicine method and data mining technology for ancient and modern acupuncture literature of migraine and functional dyspepsia to uncover the specificity and its laws. We apply multicenter, randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for migraine to identify the specificity from clinical aspects; to explain the biological base of the specificity, we analyze the PET/CT and NMR result on migraine and functional dyspepsia cases treated by acupuncture. Results The viewpoint of specificity of acupoint effect and its two fundamental laws （meridian course specificity and meridian qi convergence specificity）were found both in ancient and modern literature; compared to non-acupoints, the acupoints effect was specific on 180 migraine patients in the randomized controlled trials; the results of PET/CT scan showed that brain response to acupoint needling is more obvious than that of non-acupoint needling; NMR detected the influence on metabolic product of acupoint needling is more apparent than non-acupoint needling. Conclusions Our research confirmed that acupoint effect not only has its specificity but also has two fundamental laws： meridian course specificity and meridian qi convergence specificity, of which the biological base is supported by imaging and metabonomic studies.

关 键 词：Acupoint Effect SPECIFICITY Literature Research Multi-RCT METABONOMICS 

分 类 号：R224.2[医药卫生—中医基础理论]