Effects of Different Acupuncture Stimulations on NO Content in Acupoint Areas  

作　　者：贲卉 荣培晶 李亮 高欣妍 何伟 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》2010年第1期25-29,共5页中医杂志（英文版）

基　　金：supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30772830)

摘　　要：Objective:To study the effects of different acupuncture stimulation on nitric oxide(NO) content in acupoint areas.Methods:The experiment was performed in 47 healthy volunteers providing informed consents.Both males and females were included in each group:11 cases in electro-acupuncture group,13 cases in manual-acupuncture group,16 cases in warm-moxibustion group,and 7 cases in control group.Stimulations were given at Jianshi(PC 5) of the Pericardium Meridian and Chengshan(BL 57) of the Bladder Meridian with manual-acupuncture,electro-acupuncture and warm-moxibustion respectively.NO was collected from Ximen(PC 4) and Chengjin(BL 56) areas on the ipsilateral meridians,and the content was detected.Results:The content of NO in the warm-moxibustion group was higher than that in the electro-acupuncture group,the content in electro-acupuncture group was higher than that in the manual acupuncture group(P<0.05) . Conclusion:All the three stimulations can raise NO levels on acupoint areas significantly,and the effect moxibustion is superior to that of electro-acupuncture and manual acupuncture.Objective：To study the effects of different acupuncture stimulation on nitric oxide（NO） content in acupoint areas.Methods：The experiment was performed in 47 healthy volunteers providing informed consents.Both males and females were included in each group：11 cases in electro-acupuncture group,13 cases in manual-acupuncture group,16 cases in warm-moxibustion group,and 7 cases in control group.Stimulations were given at Jianshi（PC 5） of the Pericardium Meridian and Chengshan（BL 57） of the Bladder Meridian with manual-acupuncture,electro-acupuncture and warm-moxibustion respectively.NO was collected from Ximen（PC 4） and Chengjin（BL 56） areas on the ipsilateral meridians,and the content was detected.Results：The content of NO in the warm-moxibustion group was higher than that in the electro-acupuncture group,the content in electro-acupuncture group was higher than that in the manual acupuncture group（P〈0.05） . Conclusion：All the three stimulations can raise NO levels on acupoint areas significantly,and the effect moxibustion is superior to that of electro-acupuncture and manual acupuncture.

关 键 词：manual acupuncture ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE warm-moxibustion nitric oxide 

分 类 号：R246[医药卫生—针灸推拿学]