Acupuncture De-qi: From Characterization to Underlying Mechanism

作者:Zhu Shi Peng; Luo Li; Zhang Ling; Shen Song Xi; Ren Xiao Xuan; Guo Meng Wei; Yang Jia Min; Shen Xiao Yu; Xu Yong Si; Ji Bo; Zhu Jiang; Li Xiao Hong*; Zhang Lu Fen
来源:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013, 2013: 518784.
DOI:10.1155/2013/518784

摘要

De-qi refers to the participant's subjective sensations and objective body responses as well as the acupuncturist's perceptions while the acupuncturist needles certain acupoints in the participant's body. In recent years, De-qi is getting increasing attention of the researchers and many efforts have been made to understand its mechanism. By the broad literature survey, this paper explores the subjective De-qi sensation of the patients, its influencing factors, and the resulting physiological responses. The purpose of this paper is expected to find out a possible mechanism of De-qi and to provide certain scientific evidence for acupuncture fundamental research and clinical practice.