title: [Effects of eye acupuncture on SEPCT-determined cerebral blood flow in patients with cerebral infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE To verify the correlation between the points of eye acupuncture and zang-fu function so as to provide the theoretical evidence for the principle of point selection in eye acupuncture therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty cases of cerebral infarction were treated with different points according to syndrome differentiation of Chinese medicine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  upper energizer area and lower energizer area. Supplementary points: liver area, kidney area and spleen area for hyperactivity of wind, phlegm and fire; liver area and spleen area for blockage of wind, phlegm and stasis; stomach area and large intestine area for excess fu syndrome due to phlegm heat; heart area and spleen area for qi deficiency and blood stasis; liver area and kidney area for yin deficiency and wind stirring. The single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was adopted to observe the changes in blood flow in local foci before and after treatment with eye acupuncture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the treatment with eye acupuncture therapy, the intake ratio of region of interest (ROI) between the lesion area and corresponding area on the opposite side was 0.74 +/- 0.12 before eye acupuncture and was 0.91 +/- 0.08 after treatment, indicating significant statistical difference in comparison (P < 0.05). After eye acupuncture, cerebral blood flow increased apparently.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The point selection according to syndrome differentiation in eye acupuncture therapy may increase local brain blood flow in the patients with cerebral infarction and improve the state of brain ischemia so that the correlation can be proved between the points of eye acupuncture and zang-fu function.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of TCM, Shenyang 110032, China. hf-zhou0817@163.com
authors.forename: Hong-Fei
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tie-Jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Qing-Bo
authors.initials: QB
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Chun-Yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Ya-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-Na
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Wen-Bo
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Dou
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon