Relationship Between Acupuncture Needling Direction and Electric Current

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Electricity; Effects; Acupuncture

Treatments: Procedure: Acupuncture manipulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05261919

201901601A3

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study applies a semiconductor analyzer to investigate the effects of acupuncture manipulation.

Full description

Acupuncture manipulation with needling direction is important for the therapeutic effect based on traditional Chinese medicine theory. However, research usually focuses on the therapeutic effects on the acupoints and acupuncture time rather than on the manipulation method. This study applies a semiconductor analyzer to investigate the effects of acupuncture manipulation.

30 healthy participants were recruited in the study. This study employed an Agilent B1500A semiconductor analyzer to investigate the electric characteristics of meridians under directional supplementation and draining manipulation. We measured the electric current of meridians under different manipulation, and compared the difference between supplementation and draining manipulation in healthy individuals.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• at least 20 years old
• agree to the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• under 20 years old
• pregnant or breast-feeding women
• those with an empty stomach before the study
• a tendency toward bleeding with thrombocytopenia or history of platelets < 20000 or a user of an anti-platelet drug.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

acupuncture with manipulation group

Experimental group

Description:

30 participant were recruited in this study. All the participants received acupuncture at the acupoints (HT7、HT3、SI5、SI8、BL57、BL40、KI3、KI10) and were measured by an Agilent B1500A semiconductor analyzer. The investigator perform acupuncture with supplementation manipulation first, followed by a measurement of the electrical characteristics using Agilent B1500A. The investigator remove the acupuncture and then perform acupuncture with draining manipulation, followed by measurements. After one meridian measurements were completed, the investigator removed the needle and proceeded to the next meridian to repeat the same procedure.

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture manipulation