Acupuncture and regulation of gastrointestinal function

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2015; 21(27): 8304-8313
Published online Jul 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i27.8304

Table 2 Mechanisms of acupuncture on gastrointestinal motility

Function	Subjects	Stimulation		Result	Mechanism	Ref.
Function	Subjects	Method	Region		Mechanism	Ref.
Gastric motility	Dogs with RD	EA	ST-36	Result	Increase	Vagal activity	[18]
	Dogs with RD	EA	ST-36	opioid pathway	Increase		[18]
	Healthy volunteers	MA	ST-36	Increase	Vagal pathway	[21]
	Rats	EA	Foot-Yangming Meridian	Increase	Brain-gut peptide	[22]
	Wild-type mice	EA	CV-12	Decrease	TRPV1 receptor	[29]
	Rats	EA	ST-36	Increase	NMDA receptors	[30]
Colonic motility	Rats	EA	ST-36	Increase	Parasympathetic efferent pathway	[50]
Colonic motility	Rats	TENS	Hind limbs	Decrease	OXT expression	[54]

MA: Manual acupuncture; EA: Electro-acupuncture; ST-36: Zusanli; RD: Rectal distension; CV-12: Zhongwan; NMDA: N-methyl-D-aspartate; TRPV1: Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1; TENS: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; OXT: Oxytocin.

Citation: Li H, He T, Xu Q, Li Z, Liu Y, Li F, Yang BF, Liu CZ. Acupuncture and regulation of gastrointestinal function. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(27): 8304-8313
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i27/8304.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i27.8304