[Acupuncture Analgesia-Panorama Multi-dimensional Treatment of Pain]

Along with advances in pain medicine, people have a deep understanding about pain. It is now considered that pain is a complex activity of the nerve system, particularly the high nerve centers, and is composed of sensory, affective, cognitive, and social interaction. By the help of new techniques and instruments of brain science, the neural circuits involved in pain generation have been understood intensively, partially explaining why pain is composed of multiple components and how the sensation, emotion and cognition of pain are influenced each other. Acupuncture analgesia is widely used in clinical treatment and has a definite therapeutic effect. Along with the revision of definition of pain, the research of acupuncture analgesia needs to accommodate the so-called multiple dimensions and their interactions, will effectively deepen its connotation and denotation, and expand its application range, opening up a wider clinical prospect.