Huang Tao, Kong Jian, Huang Xin, Xu Yi-hui
Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2008 Feb;28(2):105-9.
In this paper, the authors trace back to the historic source of deqi and needling sensation, and probe the misunderstanding course of the feeling of sourness, numbness, distension, aching or heaviness used as synonym of deqi, and explore and introduce the modern significance and experimental studies of deqi. Although there are arguments in relationship between the feeling of sourness, numbness, distension, aching or heaviness after acupuncture and effect of acupuncture at home and abroad, in fact, this is a misunderstanding of needling sensation replacing deqi. Sometimes acupuncture possibly does not induce sourness, numbness, distension, aching or heaviness, but it also induces patient's comfortable sensation and at the same time acupuncture practitioners possibly have a sensation under the hand, which is at the state of deqi. The two states will be detected by fMRI in experimental studies, so as to have indexes to be followed for deqi or needling sensation.
在本文中，作者追溯了得气和针感的历史渊源，探究了酸、麻、胀、痛、重感被用作得气同义词的误解过程，并探讨和介绍了得气的现代意义及实验研究。虽然国内外对于针刺后酸、麻、胀、痛、重感与针刺疗效之间的关系存在争议，但实际上，这是将针感替代得气的一种误解。有时针刺可能不会引起酸、麻、胀、痛、重感，但却能使患者产生舒适感，同时针灸师手下可能也会有感觉，这就是得气状态。在实验研究中，这两种状态将通过功能磁共振成像（fMRI）进行检测，从而为得气或针感提供可遵循的指标。
