Fang J, Lin X, Wang Y, Chen H
Dept. of Acupuncture and Massage, Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou.
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1996;21(3):50-4.
The theory of reinforcement and reduction with acupuncture is one of the important contents of the needling techniques in acupuncture. In order to verify the theory, experimental fever caused by venous injection of E. Bacillus coll in rabbits were treated by acupuncture at Quchi(LI 11) with different needling methods (reinforcing or reducing) and stimulations (acupuncture or electroacupuncture). The results showed that each of the three reducing techniques with simple rotating of needle, rotation with lifting-thrusting needle and electroacupuncture presented the fever-subduing effects, especially obtaining the immediate effect and lowering the peak of fever. Among them, the former two had the better result than electroacupuncture. The reinforcing technique with rotating needle did not give rise to the significant effect on lowering fever. The result indicates that there exist significant differences in the effect on fever-subduing between reinforcing and reducing methods with acupuncture and between acupuncture and electroacupuncture. The simple reducing needling technique share the same therapeutic result with compound one. The work provides avaluable example for further laboratory study of reinforcing-reducing theory of acupuncture.
针刺补泻理论是针刺手法中的重要内容之一。为验证该理论，采用不同针刺手法（补法或泻法）和刺激方式（针刺或电针），针刺家兔曲池穴（LI 11）治疗静脉注射大肠杆菌所致的实验性发热。结果表明，单纯捻转针、提插捻转针和电针三种泻法均有退热作用，尤其能取得即时效应并降低发热峰值。其中，前两者效果优于电针。捻转补法对退热无显著作用。结果表明，针刺补泻手法之间以及针刺与电针之间在退热效果上存在显著差异。单纯泻法与复合泻法疗效相同。该研究为进一步开展针刺补泻理论的实验室研究提供了有价值的范例。
