[Study on mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia]

Acupuncture analgesia is involved in various functions of the whole nervous system. The spinal cord is the first station for processing and translating the acupuncture analgesia; the brain stem is the relay station for systematization, differentiation and analysis, excitation, synthesis of acupuncture analgesic message, playing an important role in acupuncture analgesia; the thalamus functions complicated analysis and comprehensive regulation on various messeges with many kinds of neurohumoral factors involved and it is a coordinate center for strengthening and controlling acupuncture analgesia; the limbic system and its nuclear groups with many neurotransmitters involved, play coordinate action on acupuncture analgesia; the cerebral cortex is the high center and functions not only excitation and inhibition processes, but also is a center for complicated regulation and command, strengthening acupuncture analgesia and inhibiting the excess, so as to exerts interaction of dynamic balance.