Liao Y Y, Seto K, Saito H, Fujita M, Kawakami M
Am J Chin Med. 1979 Winter;7(4):362-71. doi: 10.1142/s0192415x79000349.
The effect of acupuncture on adrenocortical hormone production in adult female albino rabbits of New Zealand strain was investigated. There was significant increase compared to the control cortisol and corticosterone following application of acupuncture at the locus Tsu-San-Li. In the non-locus group, such treatment resulted in only a transient raise followed by a significant fall in cortisol and corticosterone. Acupuncture treatment with electric current for 1 hour proved to be unique in that it gave rise to no biphasic change in the 14C uptake of the steroids. These results indicate that adrenal production of corticosterone and cortisol was enhanced by acupuncture and electroacupuncture at the Tsu-San-Li locus.
研究了针刺对新西兰成年雌性白化兔肾上腺皮质激素分泌的影响。针刺足三里穴位后，与对照组相比，皮质醇和皮质酮水平显著升高。在非穴位组，这种治疗仅导致皮质醇和皮质酮短暂升高，随后显著下降。通电针刺1小时的治疗方法独特之处在于，它不会引起类固醇14C摄取的双相变化。这些结果表明，针刺和电针刺激足三里穴位可增强肾上腺皮质酮和皮质醇的分泌。
