Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Review on Mechanism and Efficacy of Acupuncture Stimulation - Relationship between Acupuncture Stimulation and Autonomic Nervous System

침자극의 기전 및 효과에 대한 고찰 - 자율신경계와의 관계를 중심으로

  • Jeon, Sun-Woo (Department of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University) ;
  • Nam, Hae-Jeong (Department of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Myoung (Department of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Geon (Department of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University) ;
  • Kim, Yoon-Bum (Department of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University)
  • 전선우 (경희대학교 한의과대학 안이비인후피부과학교실) ;
  • 남혜정 (경희대학교 한의과대학 안이비인후피부과학교실) ;
  • 김진명 (경희대학교 한의과대학 안이비인후피부과학교실) ;
  • 이우건 (경희대학교 한의과대학 안이비인후피부과학교실) ;
  • 김윤범 (경희대학교 한의과대학 안이비인후피부과학교실)
  • Received : 2010.08.02
  • Accepted : 2010.10.17
  • Published : 2010.10.25
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Abstract

There are many hypothesis about mechanism of acupuncture, and the relationship between acupuncture stimulation and autonomic nervous system(ANS) is one of the powerful hypothesis. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between acupuncture stimulation and ANS. We searched the literature and reports related with acupuncture stimulation(meridian system, meridian points) and autonomic nervous system. And we concluded acupuncture stimulation can control autonomic nervous system. We reviewed studies that contributed to an understanding of the autonomic mechanisms of acupuncture with the hope that this review will be of benefit to the acupuncture treatment.

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