Hong-Zhi Jiang1, Qi Wang, Ming-Min Zhang, Ping Gong, Guang-Ying Huang. 1. Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study effect of acupuncture on pH values of acupoints and non-acupoints. METHODS: The pH values of acupoints and non-acupoints were determined with pH sense needles at the same time and separately in the goat. RESULTS: (1) The pH value of the acupoints and non-acupoints decreased when acupuncture was separately at acupoints and non-acupoints with the pH value of the acupoint decreased more significantly; (2) there was no significant difference in decreasing amplitudes of the pH values between the acupoint and non-acupoint when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture can more significantly strengthen metabolism of acupoints; when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints, local metabolism is influenced each other.
OBJECTIVE: To study effect of acupuncture on pH values of acupoints and non-acupoints. METHODS: The pH values of acupoints and non-acupoints were determined with pH sense needles at the same time and separately in the goat. RESULTS: (1) The pH value of the acupoints and non-acupoints decreased when acupuncture was separately at acupoints and non-acupoints with the pH value of the acupoint decreased more significantly; (2) there was no significant difference in decreasing amplitudes of the pH values between the acupoint and non-acupoint when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture can more significantly strengthen metabolism of acupoints; when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints, local metabolism is influenced each other.