Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian

المؤلفون المشاركون

Xu, Ming-Ming
Guo, Jing-Ke
Xu, Jin-Sen
Zhang, Chao-Xin
Liu, Shu-Tao
Liao, Ri-Tao
Lin, Chun-Tong
Guo, Jian-Hui
Rao, Ping-Fan

المصدر

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

العدد

المجلد 2015، العدد 2015 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2015)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2015-03-15

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

6

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Previous studies suggest that superoxide anions are possibly traveling along acupuncture meridians.

The electrical potential difference (EPD) between acupoints may be related to the movement.

To test the above hypothesis, we conducted a study investigating the effects of acupoint antioxidant interventions on the meridian EPD.

Firstly, ST39 (L) and ST44 (L) were screened out for the EPD detection along the stomach meridian, and ST36 (L) was selected for interventions including acumassage with the control cream, as well as the TAT-SOD cream for 30 minutes, or injection with reduced glutathione sodium.

The EPD between ST39 and ST44 was recorded for 80 minutes and measured again 48 h later.

While the EPD increased during the acumassage, the acumassage with TAT-SOD cream and the glutathione injection generated waves of EPD increased, indicating the migration or removal from the visceral organ of a greater quantity of superoxide.

Remarkably lower EPD readings 48 h later with both antioxidant acupoint interventions than the mere acumassage imply a more complete superoxide flushing out due to the restored superoxide pathway at the acupoint after interventions.

The results confirm superoxide transportation along the meridians and demonstrate a possibility of acupoint EPD measurement as a tool to monitor changes in the meridians and acupoints.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Xu, Ming-Ming& Guo, Jing-Ke& Xu, Jin-Sen& Zhang, Chao-Xin& Liu, Shu-Tao& Liao, Ri-Tao…[et al.]. 2015. Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061317

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Xu, Ming-Ming…[et al.]. Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061317

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Xu, Ming-Ming& Guo, Jing-Ke& Xu, Jin-Sen& Zhang, Chao-Xin& Liu, Shu-Tao& Liao, Ri-Tao…[et al.]. Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061317

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1061317