Acupuncture mechanisms: anesthesia, analgesia andprotection on organ functions
Author: Jing Wang abc You Wan de
Affiliation:
a.Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing 100191, China； b.Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China； c.Key Laboratory for Mental Health, National Committee of Health and Family Planning (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China d.Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P.R. China; e.Key Laboratory for Neuroscience, Ministry of Education/National Committee of Health and Family Planning, Beijing 100191, P.R. China
Conference/Journal: World Journal of Traditional chinese Medicine
Date published: 2015 Jan
Other:
Volume ID: 1 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 59-66 , Special Notes: 10.15806/j.issn.2311-8571.2014.0012 , Word Count: 185
Acupuncture, as a healing art in traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used to treat various diseases. In the history of acupuncture anesthesia, in the past decades, mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia has been widely investigated, and in recent years, acupuncture protection on organ functions has attracted great interest. This review summarized the research progress on mechanisms of acupuncture for analgesia and its protection against organ function injury in anesthesia, and its perspective of analgesia, immunomodulation, neuroendocrine regulation and multiple organ protection. The current evidence supports that acupuncture analgesia and its organ protection in anesthesia is associated with the integration of neuroendocrine-immune networks in the level of neurotransmitters, cytokines, hormones, neuronal ensembles, lymphocytes, and endocrine cells. Although the mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia and its organ protection are still not completely understood, basic as well as clinic researches on the mechanisms and applications of acupuncture and related techniques are being carried out. Key words: Acupuncture, acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture anesthesia, organ function protection, immunomodulation.
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