title: [Remarks on the relationship between deqi and effect of acupuncture].
abstract: Acupuncturists have always paid high attention to deqi (needling sensation) in clinical. However, relationship between deqi and curative effect has not been elucidated yet. In order to have a further understanding on effect of deqi on clinical effect, through study on literature associated with deqi since the establishment of People's Republic of China in 1949, it is held that various factors can influence therapeutic effect of acupuncture treatment, including whether needling sensation appears or not, the speed of deqi, the intensity of deqi, different types of sensations as well as propagated sensation along meridians (PSM). Joint launched multidisciplinary researches should be carried out to reveal the influence principle of deqi on acupuncture effect, and to lay foundations for the further studies on mechanism of deqi.
authors.forename: Ni-Juan
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Dan-Dan
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Si-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Yu-Qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians; D019413:Qi; D016896:Treatment Outcome