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Research progress of acupuncture analgesia based on autonomic nerve regulation pathway

Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine, 2023
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) includes the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric nervous systems, and its senior regulatory center includes the brainstem, cingulate gyrus, and hypothalamus.
L. Pang, Xiaomei Chen, Y. Lan, Qiuling Huang, Xiang-Mei Yu, Luqing Qi, Zhi-Fu Wang   +6 more
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Acupuncture analgesia: an experimental investigation. [PDF]

BMJ, 1976
A study was designed to establish whether acupuncture has any analgesic properties beyond those of suggestion. In three one-hour experimental sessions the increases in detection thresholds and tolerances for thermal pain at six body locations on 12 subjects were compared.
D, Stewart, J, Thomson, I, Oswald
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Caffeine impaired acupuncture analgesia in inflammatory pain by blocking adenosine A1 receptor.

Journal of Pain, 2023
Caffeine consumption inhibits acupuncture analgesic effects by blocking adenosine signaling. However, existing evidence remains controversial. Hence, this study aimed to examine adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) role in moderate-dose caffeine-induced ...
Xiang Cui, Wan Wei, Zi-Yi Zhang, Kun Liu, Ting Zhao, Jialin Zhang, Ani Zheng, Hanqing Xi, Xun He, Shu-Ya Wang, Bing Zhu, Xin-Yan Gao   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acupuncture for cancer-induced bone pain? [PDF]

, 2011
Bone pain is the most common type of pain in cancer. Bony metastases are common in advanced cancers, particularly in multiple myeloma, breast, prostate or lung cancer.
Mark I. Johnson, Johnson, Mark I., Bennett, Michael I., Bennett, MI, Michael I. Bennett, Carole A. Paley, Paley, Carole A., Johnson, MI, Paley, CA   +8 more
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Heterogeneity in search strategies among Cochrane acupuncture reviews: Is there room for improvement? [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: Given the international focus and rigorous literature searches employed in Cochrane systematic reviews, this study was undertaken to evaluate strategies employed in Cochrane reviews and protocols assessing acupuncture as a primary or secondary
Terplan, Mishka, Erica J Smith, Smith, Erica J., Lui, Steve, Steve Lui, Mishka Terplan   +5 more
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The role of glia underlying acupuncture analgesia in animal pain models, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2021
BACKGROUND As a traditional Chinese therapy, acupuncture is proposed worldwide as a treatment for pain and other health problems, but the findings of acupuncture analgesia have been inconsistent due to its variable modalities of therapeutic intervention.
Bing Yan, Shengyu Tang, Yu-Qiu Zhang, Xiao Xiao   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acupuncture Analgesia in Total Thyroidectomy for Graves’ Disease: A Case Report

Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2023
This study included a 42-year-old female farmer with a 2-year history of Graves’ disease who visited the hospital for a total thyroidectomy for her grade III goiter based on World Health Organization classification. Besides Hegu (LI4) and Neiguan (PC6)
Dong Phuong Tran
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Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (ACUSAR) - Design and Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Multi-Centre Trial [PDF]

, 2010
Background: We report on the study design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial (Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, ACUSAR) that investigates the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR).
Witt, Claudia M., Wegscheider, Karl, Roll, S., Willich, Stefan N., Pfab, F., Witt, C.M., Linde, K., Willich, S.N., Brinkhaus, B., Roll, Stephanie, Ortiz, Miriam, Reinhold, T., Linde, Klaus, Niggemann, B., Brinkhaus, Benno, Reinhold, Thomas, Hummelsberger, Josef, Ortiz, M., Hummelsberger, J., Wegscheider, K., Pfab, Florian, Niggemann, Bodo, Irnich, Dominik, Irnich, D., Brinkhaus, Benno;Witt, Claudia M.;Ortiz, Miriam;Roll, Stephanie;Reinhold, Thomas;Linde, Klaus;Pfab, Florian;Niggemann, Bodo;Hummelsberger, Josef;Irnich, Dominik;Wegscheider, Karl;Willich, Stefan N., Brinkhaus, B;Witt, CM;Ortiz, M;Roll, S;Reinhold, T;Linde, K;Pfab, F;Niggemann, B;Hummelsberger, J;Irnich, D;Wegscheider, K;Willich, SN   +25 more
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Are Sham Acupuncture Interventions More Effective than (Other) Placebos? A Re-Analysis of Data from the Cochrane Review on Placebo Effects [PDF]

, 2010
Background and Objective: A recent Cochrane review on placebo interventions for all kinds of conditions found that `physical placebos' (which included sham acupuncture) were associated with larger effects over no-treatment control groups than ...
Linde, Klaus, Karin Niemann, Meissner, Karin, Karin Meissner, Klaus Linde, Niemann, Karin, Linde, Klaus;Niemann, Karin;Meissner, Karin, Linde, K;Niemann, K;Meissner, K   +7 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.
Fucke, Thomas, Schwarz, Wolfgang, Xu, Nanjie, Pu, Lu, Pei, Gang, Gu, Quanbao, Xia, Peng, Ren, Shuanglai   +7 more
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