[Inflammatory reaction caused by acupuncture is one of the initial factors of acupuncture effect].
The modern studies indicate that there is a close relationship between mast cells and the acupuncture effect, and acupuncture can activate mast cells to induce a series of vascular reaction and immunological effect. The authors hold that acupuncture is a kind of nociceptive stimulus, which can cause inflammatory reaction in the sites of acupuncture, and then further activate the nerve-endocrine-immune network to cause the cascade amplification of the acupuncture effect. The inflammatory reaction induced by acupuncture is one of the initial factors of acupuncture effect.
Zhou
Dan
D
Research Center of Experimental Acupuncture and Moxibustion Sciences, Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China.
Pan
Ping
P
Guo
Yi
Y
Guo
Yang-Ming
YM
Wu
Li-Ping
LP
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000276:immunology*; D015213:Neuroimmunomodulation; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology