Acupuncture mechanisms: anesthesia, analgesia andprotection on organ functions
  
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DOI:10.15806/j.issn.2311-8571.2014.0012
KeyWord:Acupuncture, acupuncture analgesia, acupuncture anesthesia, organ function protection, immunomodulation
     
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Jing Wangabc a.Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing , China; b.Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing , China; c.Key Laboratory for Mental Health, National Committee of Health and Family Planning Peking University, Beijing , China
You Wande d.Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking University, Beijing , P.R. China; e.Key Laboratory for Neuroscience, Ministry of Education/National Committee of Health and Family Planning, Beijing , P.R. China
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Abstract:
      Acupuncture, as a healing art in traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used to treat various diseases. In the history of acupuncture anesthesia, in the past decades, mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia has been widely investigated, and in recent years, acupuncture protection on organ functions has attracted great interest. This review summarized the research progress on mechanisms of acupuncture for analgesia and of its protection against organ function injury in anesthesia, and its perspective of analgesia, immunomodulation, neuroendocrine regulation and multiple organ protection. The current evidence supports that acupuncture analgesia and its organ protection in anesthesia is associated with the integration of neuroendocrine-immune networks in the level of neurotransmitters, cytokines, hormones, neuronal ensembles, lymphocytes, and endocrine cells. Although the mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia and its organ protection are still not completely understood, basic as well as clinic researches on the mechanisms and applications of acupuncture and related techniques are being carried out.
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