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Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian

Previous studies suggest that superoxide anions are possibly traveling along acupuncture meridians. The electrical potential difference (EPD) between acupoints may be related to the movement. To test the above hypothesis, we conducted a study investigating the effects of acupoint antioxidant interve...

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Autores principales: Xu, Ming-Ming, Guo, Jing-Ke, Xu, Jin-Sen, Zhang, Chao-Xin, Liu, Shu-Tao, Liao, Ri-Tao, Lin, Chun-Tong, Guo, Jian-Hui, Rao, Ping-Fan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/286989
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author Xu, Ming-Ming
Guo, Jing-Ke
Xu, Jin-Sen
Zhang, Chao-Xin
Liu, Shu-Tao
Liao, Ri-Tao
Lin, Chun-Tong
Guo, Jian-Hui
Rao, Ping-Fan
author_facet Xu, Ming-Ming
Guo, Jing-Ke
Xu, Jin-Sen
Zhang, Chao-Xin
Liu, Shu-Tao
Liao, Ri-Tao
Lin, Chun-Tong
Guo, Jian-Hui
Rao, Ping-Fan
author_sort Xu, Ming-Ming
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description Previous studies suggest that superoxide anions are possibly traveling along acupuncture meridians. The electrical potential difference (EPD) between acupoints may be related to the movement. To test the above hypothesis, we conducted a study investigating the effects of acupoint antioxidant interventions on the meridian EPD. Firstly, ST39 (L) and ST44 (L) were screened out for the EPD detection along the stomach meridian, and ST36 (L) was selected for interventions including acumassage with the control cream, as well as the TAT-SOD cream for 30 minutes, or injection with reduced glutathione sodium. The EPD between ST39 and ST44 was recorded for 80 minutes and measured again 48 h later. While the EPD increased during the acumassage, the acumassage with TAT-SOD cream and the glutathione injection generated waves of EPD increased, indicating the migration or removal from the visceral organ of a greater quantity of superoxide. Remarkably lower EPD readings 48 h later with both antioxidant acupoint interventions than the mere acumassage imply a more complete superoxide flushing out due to the restored superoxide pathway at the acupoint after interventions. The results confirm superoxide transportation along the meridians and demonstrate a possibility of acupoint EPD measurement as a tool to monitor changes in the meridians and acupoints.
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spelling pubmed-43773792015-04-08 Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian Xu, Ming-Ming Guo, Jing-Ke Xu, Jin-Sen Zhang, Chao-Xin Liu, Shu-Tao Liao, Ri-Tao Lin, Chun-Tong Guo, Jian-Hui Rao, Ping-Fan Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Previous studies suggest that superoxide anions are possibly traveling along acupuncture meridians. The electrical potential difference (EPD) between acupoints may be related to the movement. To test the above hypothesis, we conducted a study investigating the effects of acupoint antioxidant interventions on the meridian EPD. Firstly, ST39 (L) and ST44 (L) were screened out for the EPD detection along the stomach meridian, and ST36 (L) was selected for interventions including acumassage with the control cream, as well as the TAT-SOD cream for 30 minutes, or injection with reduced glutathione sodium. The EPD between ST39 and ST44 was recorded for 80 minutes and measured again 48 h later. While the EPD increased during the acumassage, the acumassage with TAT-SOD cream and the glutathione injection generated waves of EPD increased, indicating the migration or removal from the visceral organ of a greater quantity of superoxide. Remarkably lower EPD readings 48 h later with both antioxidant acupoint interventions than the mere acumassage imply a more complete superoxide flushing out due to the restored superoxide pathway at the acupoint after interventions. The results confirm superoxide transportation along the meridians and demonstrate a possibility of acupoint EPD measurement as a tool to monitor changes in the meridians and acupoints. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4377379/ /pubmed/25861356 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/286989 Text en Copyright © 2015 Ming-Ming Xu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Guo, Jing-Ke
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Liu, Shu-Tao
Liao, Ri-Tao
Lin, Chun-Tong
Guo, Jian-Hui
Rao, Ping-Fan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/286989
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