Bossy J
Minerva Med. 1979 May 19;70(24):1705-15.
The summary of the nervous levels implicated in analgesia in general helps one to understand that the acupuncture analgesia is not simply a psychological or sociological matter as some said when it first appeared. Its mechanisms are the same as the ones existing in other antalgic therapeutics whether nervous or humoral. Not everything has been explained in the action of acupuncture but acupuncture opens new ways to us in the practical field of controlling pain as well as in the theoretical field of pain, the major problem of all the medicines.
一般来说，对镇痛所涉及神经层面的总结有助于人们理解，针刺镇痛并非如最初出现时一些人所说的那样，仅仅是一个心理学或社会学问题。其机制与其他镇痛疗法（无论是神经的还是体液的）相同。针刺作用并非一切都已得到解释，但针刺在控制疼痛的实践领域以及疼痛这一所有药物的主要问题的理论领域，都为我们开辟了新的途径。
