Effects of three different stimulations (acupuncture, moxibustion, acupuncture plus moxibustion) of BL.67 acupoint at small toe on fetal behavior of breech presentation [PDF]
, 2007 The aim of the study was to evaluate cardiovascular effects and fetal behavior during moxibustion, acupuncture or acupuncture plus moxibustion applied on the BL.67 acupoint of women (beside the outer corner of the 5th toenail) in fetal breech ...
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CENTRAL MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2015 Background: Acupuncture is an component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that has been used for three thousand years to treat diseases and relieve pain. Pain is found to be the most common reason for people to use acupuncture.
Eman S. Mansour +2 more
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Acupuncture attenuates the development of diabetic peripheral neuralgia by regulating P2X4 expression and inflammation in rat spinal microglia [PDF]
, 2020 He-yong Tang +5 more
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Mechanism underlying treatment of ischemic stroke using acupuncture: transmission and regulation
Neural Regeneration Research, 2020 The inflammatory response after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion is an important cause of neurological damage and repair. After cerebral ischemia/reperfusion, microglia are activated, and a large number of circulating inflammatory cells infiltrate the ...
Bing-Qian Cao +3 more
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Inhibition of activity of GABA transporter GAT1 by δ-opioid receptor [PDF]
, 2012 Analgesia is a well-documented effect of acupuncture. A critical role in pain sensation plays the nervous system, including the GABAergic system and opioid receptor (OR) activation.
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Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 106-111, Spring 2025.A middle‐aged man presented with a right indirect inguinal hernia in November 2020 and underwent laparoscopic high ligation of the right hernial sac. Intermittent acupuncture‐like pain in the skin of the right scrotum and medial thigh occurred 1 month after surgery and lasted for 6 months. Under ultrasound guidance, ilioinguinal nerve and genitofemoral
Yong Wang +4 more
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Unanticipated Insights into Biomedicine from the Study of Acupuncture [PDF]
, 2016 Research into acupuncture has had ripple effects beyond the field of acupuncture. This paper identifies five exemplars to illustrate that there is tangible evidence of the way insights gleaned from acupuncture research have informed biomedical research ...
Arsenault M-Y +24 more
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Research progress on the role of inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of epilepsy
Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 44-58, Spring 2025.In the central nervous system, activated immune cells lead to the overproduction of inflammatory mediators through the corresponding signal pathway. Under the stimulation of inflammatory factors, neuroinflammation ultimately occurs. Overexpression of inflammatory mediators and activated immunocytes plays an important role in the emergence and ...
Yue Yu, Fei‐Ji Sun
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Journal of Pain ResearchHaixu Jin,* Wenqing Xu,* Chuanlong Zhou Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China*These authors ...
Jin H, Xu W, Zhou C
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Acupoint acupuncture for postoperative analgesia after general anesthesia: a meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2021 Lulu Zhang +5 more
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