Ogay Vyacheslav, Min Flora, Kim Kwanhyung, Kim Jaisoon, Bae Kyung Hee, Han Sang Chul, Soh Kwang-Sup
Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2009 Mar;2(1):56-65. doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60016-9. Epub 2009 Apr 7.
Blood plexuses are characteristic anatomical features of acupuncture points (APs). We developed an optical technique using diffusive light illumination to increase the brightened area of skin for observation of the blood plexuses in skin. We found that the blood plexuses were coiled blood vessels which came out of the perforations in the fascia of muscle. The coiled vessels could be straightened by stretching the skin. We observed a series of blood plexuses at the putative APs along the left and right kidney meridian lines in the abdominal skin of rats. In addition, the locations of the plexuses on the muscle fascia were just above the putative acupuncture muscle channels along the kidney meridians. Furthermore, immunohistochemical analysis of the skin specimens of the plexuses revealed its neurovascular bundle nature as expected from known anatomical features of the APs.
血丛是穴位的典型解剖学特征。我们开发了一种利用漫射光照明的光学技术，以增加皮肤的明亮区域，用于观察皮肤中的血丛。我们发现血丛是从肌肉筋膜穿孔处出来的盘绕血管。通过拉伸皮肤，盘绕的血管可以变直。我们在大鼠腹部皮肤沿左右肾经的假定穴位处观察到一系列血丛。此外，这些血丛在肌肉筋膜上的位置恰好在沿肾经的假定针灸肌通道上方。此外，对血丛皮肤标本的免疫组织化学分析揭示了其神经血管束的性质，这与已知的穴位解剖特征相符。
