[Effect of acupuncture on pH values of acupoints in the goat].
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.


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture can more significantly strengthen metabolism of acupoints; when acupuncture was simultaneously given at acupoints and non-acupoints, local metabolism is influenced each other.
Jiang
Hong-Zhi
HZ
Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Wang
Qi
Q
Zhang
Ming-Min
MM
Gong
Ping
P
Huang
Guang-Ying
GY
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000818:Animals; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans