Guest Alex Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Acupuncture effect and central autonomic regulation.Li QQ, Shi GX, Xu Q, Wang J, Liu CZ, Wang LP. SourceAcupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University, 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China. AbstractAcupuncture is a therapeutic technique and part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Acupuncture has clinical efficacy on various autonomic nerve-related disorders, such as cardiovascular diseases, epilepsy, anxiety and nervousness, circadian rhythm disorders, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and subfertility. An increasing number of studies have demonstrated that acupuncture can control autonomic nerve system (ANS) functions including blood pressure, pupil size, skin conductance, skin temperature, muscle sympathetic nerve activities, heart rate and/or pulse rate, and heart rate variability. Emerging evidence indicates that acupuncture treatment not only activates distinct brain regions in different kinds of diseases caused by imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic activities, but also modulates adaptive neurotransmitter in related brain regions to alleviate autonomic response. This review focused on the central mechanism of acupuncture in modulating various autonomic responses, which might provide neurobiological foundations for acupuncture effects.free full text here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677642/Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethargic Smiles Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 This is very interesting! Thanks for sharing.I loved this little intro into the idea behind TCM and hadn't ever heard it said like this before, "According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), “acupuncture is believed to restore the balance between Yin and Yang.” This can be translated into the Western medicine terminology as “acupuncture modulates the imbalance between the parasympathetic and sympathetic activity." I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this report versus their own experiences with accupuncture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernmass Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Love it! Glad to see this posted Jackie feel free to PM me any questions...I get acupuncture regularly and am getting my masters degree in acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnie22 Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Thank you for posting! Fascinating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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