Endocrinological basis of acupuncture
| Autor: | Qi-Wen Xie |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Thyroid Hormones Acupuncture Therapy Hypothalamus Internal medicine Anterior pituitary hormones Endocrine Glands Adrenal Glands Acupuncture Medicine Animals Humans Gonadal Steroid Hormones business.industry Adrenal gland Pancreatic islets Thyroid General Medicine Pancreatic Hormones Rats Pituitary Hormones medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Complementary and alternative medicine Parathyroid Hormone Cats Parathyroid gland Rabbits business |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of Chinese medicine. 9(4) |
| ISSN: | 0192-415X |
| Popis: | The widespread and lasting effect of acupuncture suggests the mediatation of humoral factor(s). Controlled clinical and experimental investigations done by Chinese researchers during the past three decades lend support to this assumption. Electrophysiological and histochemical studies denote the involvement of hypothalamus and pituitary in acupuncture. Acupuncture causes the release of some of the anterior pituitary hormones, as assessed by bio-assay methods. Observations from physiological as well as morphological approach showed that acupuncture has significant influences upon thyroid, adrenal gland and gonads. Preliminary results also indicate that pancreatic islets and parathyroid gland are affected by acupuncture. However, much remains to be investigated concerning the endocrinological basis of acupuncture. |
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