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. 2013:2013:452697.
doi: 10.1155/2013/452697. Epub 2013 Mar 12.

The influence of skin microcirculation blood perfusion at zusanli acupoint by stimulating with lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing acupuncture manipulation methods on healthy adults

Xiaomei Li  1 , Yanqi Li, Jingzi Chen, Dan Zhou, Yangyang Liu, Yinghong Li, Jianwei Liu, Yongming Guo, Yi Guo
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The influence of skin microcirculation blood perfusion at zusanli acupoint by stimulating with lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing acupuncture manipulation methods on healthy adults

Xiaomei Li et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013.

Abstract

Background. In traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture manipulation is one of the key factors that affect the curative results of acupuncture and more and more researches focus on how the different acupuncture manipulation techniques influence microcirculation nowadays. In this paper we demonstrate the different influences of lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing on blood perfusion. Method. The acupuncture manipulations of lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing were, respectively, applied to the 15 healthy subjects at the Zusanli acupoint and the changes of blood perfusion were monitored by Pericam Perfusion Speckle Imager (PSI). Conclusion. Both of the manipulations of lift-thrust reinforcing and reducing increase blood perfusion at Zusanli acupoint while the increasing amount of blood perfusion in the reinforcing group is significantly higher than in the reducing group.

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Figure 1
(a) Pericam Perfusion Speckle Imager (PSI). (b) The blood perfusion image of the monitor area. The brighter area is the definition of the Region of Interest (0.5 cm around the Zusanli acupoint).
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) ATP-II acupuncture manipulation parameter tester. (b) Output curve of acupuncture manipulation.
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Figure 3
(a) Reinforcing manipulation by lifting and thrusting. (b) Reducing manipulation by lifting and thrusting.
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Figure 4
Procedure of acupuncture manipulation groups.
Figure 5
Figure 5
The blood perfusion images of different groups. As the blood perfusion is higher, the brighter areas indicate higher blood perfusion.
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Figure 6
The overall trend of the blood perfusion ratio in different groups.
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