Overview of researches on central action mechanism of needling Zusanli (ST 36)

Abstract The contents about the central action mechanisms of needling Zusanli (ST 36) were sorted by summarizing the relevant literatures published in the past 10 years, and it was found that: by comparing acupuncture at Zusanli (ST 36), other acupoints or sham points, most studies showed that Zusanli (ST 36) had relatively specific characteristics in the brain function response; studies on the central action mechanisms of Zusanli (ST 36) were mainly focused on sequelae of cerebral apoplexy, pain, gastrointestinal diseases, weight loss and drug addiction withdrawal and so on; acupuncture manipulations, stimulation methods, individual differences, stimulation quantity, and stimulation duration, etc. could also induce different brain function responses; acupuncture at Zusanli (ST 36) had an after-working effect, also called long-term effect, but with poor repeatability. So, it was suggested that the future studies should focus on the factors that affect the clinical efficacies and experimental results, including the compatibility effects of the acupoints, reproducibility of research results, sample size, acupuncture methods, long-term effects and disease entities..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of acupuncture and tuina science - 15(2017), 3 vom: Juni, Seite 191-198

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Can [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zhi-gen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qian-yun [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Xiao-rong [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Mai-lan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acupuncture Therapy
Central Mechanism
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Point
Research on Acupoints
Specificity of Acupoints
Zusanli (ST 36)

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© Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2017

doi:

10.1007/s11726-017-0999-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2067841092