[Acupuncture assisted anesthesia and its organ protective effects].

Through literature retrial, the authors aimed at exploring the organ protective effects of acupuncture assisted anesthesia. Acupuncture anesthesia is invented by Chinese medical practitioners according to functions of acupuncture to relieve the pain and regulate phsyological functions of the organs. It can be applied before surgery for depressive prevention. And it can also be adopted during the operation to reduce the dosage of anesthetic drugs. It also has the post-operative effects of relieving pain, preventing nausea and vomiting, protecting the functions of the brain, cardiac muscle, lung, kidney, liver, stomach and intestines. It benefits the micro-circulation and stress rea-ction as well. Further researches should be extencled to other key problems, for example clinical prognsis of acupunctue assited anesthesia.