Author: Li X, Li Y, Chen J, Zhou D, Liu Y, Li Y, Liu J, Guo Y, Guo Y.
Affiliation: Experimental Acupuncture Research Centre, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Conference/Journal: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med.
Date published: 2013
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Volume ID: 2013 , Pages: 452697 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1155/2013/452697 , Word Count: 122
Background. In traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture manipulation is one of the key factors that affect the curative results of acupuncture and more and more researches focus on how the different acupuncture manipulation techniques influence microcirculation nowadays. In this paper we demonstrate the different influences of lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing on blood perfusion. Method. The acupuncture manipulations of lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing were, respectively, applied to the 15 healthy subjects at the Zusanli acupoint and the changes of blood perfusion were monitored by Pericam Perfusion Speckle Imager (PSI). Conclusion. Both of the manipulations of lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing increase blood perfusion at Zusanli acupoint while the increasing amount of blood perfusion in the reinforcing group is significantly higher than in the reducing group.
PMID: 23573128