Bioelectric phenomena in electroacupuncture analgesia

Author: Yingqi Chen1, Huayuan Yang2
Affiliation:
1 School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 201203, China. cyy9799@163.com.
2 School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 201203, China. yhyabcd@126.com.
Conference/Journal: Zhongguo Zhen Jiu
Date published: 2023 Jan 12
Other: Volume ID: 44 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 89-93 , Special Notes: doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230413-0001. , Word Count: 82


Pain is a complex process of electrical signal transmission. Electroacupuncture may adjust the bioelectric state of the tissues in painful sites through electrical characteristic structural units (acupoints), thereby exerting analgesic effect. The treatment of diseases with electroacupuncture results from the interaction between the external electric field and the electrical properties of acupoint tissues. Therefore, the state of biological tissues and the parameters of electroacupuncture all affect the therapeutic effect.

Keywords: analgesia; bioelectricity; electric characteristics of acupoints; electroacupuncture.

PMID: 38191165 DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230413-0001

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