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[Effect of acupuncture on pH values of acupoints in the goat]
Hong-Zhi Jiang1, Qi Wang, Ming-Min Zhang
1Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Objective:
To study effect of acupuncture on pH values of acupoints and non-acupoints.
Methods:
The pH values of acupoints and non-acupoints were determined with pH sense needles at the same time and separately in the goat.
Results:
(1) The pH value of the acupoints and non-acupoints decreased when acupuncture was separately at acupoints and non-acupoints with the pH value of the acupoint decreased more significantly; (2) there was no significant difference in decreasing amplitudes of the pH values between the acupoint and non-acupoint when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints.
Conclusion:
Acupuncture can more significantly strengthen metabolism of acupoints; when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints, local metabolism is influenced each other.