The Oriental Medical Center Group Futaba Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic, Ogaki, Gifu, Japan.
Auton Neurosci. 2013 Dec;179(1-2):151-4. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2013.03.005. Epub 2013 Apr 2.
Needle stimulation at the specific sites of body surface modulates autonomic functions in various organs. To examine their site-specificity and organ-selectivity, the changes in electrogastrogram (EGG) and heart rate variability (HRV) with such stimulation at PC6 (forearm), BL20 (back), CV12 (abdomen), BL32 (sacral), and ST36 (lower leg) were analyzed in healthy men. Stimulation at CV12 increased vagal HRV component without affecting dominant EGG frequency. Conversely, stimulation at BL32 decreased dominant EGG frequency without affecting vagal HRV component. Stimulation at the other points affected neither of them. These support site-specific and organ-selective effect of body surface needle stimulation on autonomic functions.
体表特定穴位的针刺刺激可调节各器官的自主功能。为了检验其穴位特异性和器官选择性，我们分析了健康男性在 PC6（前臂）、BL20（背部）、CV12（腹部）、BL32（骶骨）和 ST36（小腿）穴位针刺刺激时胃电图（EGG）和心率变异性（HRV）的变化。CV12 穴位刺激增加了迷走神经 HRV 成分，而不影响主导 EGG 频率。相反，BL32 穴位刺激降低了主导 EGG 频率，而不影响迷走神经 HRV 成分。其他穴位的刺激则对两者均无影响。这些结果支持体表针刺刺激对自主功能具有穴位特异性和器官选择性效应。
