Changes in Nitric Oxide Releases of the Contralateral Acupoint during and after Laser Acupuncture at Bilateral Same-Name Acupoints in Human.[November 2017] Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321192511_Changes_in_Nitric_Oxide_Releases_of_the_Contralateral_Acupoint_during_and_after_Laser_Acupuncture_at_Bilateral_Same-Name_Acupoints_in_Human.
Acupuncture as an important component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) serves as an extensive treatment approach of diseases in clinical practice, which dates back about 2000 years. .According to the TCM theory, acupoints are distributed along the meridian pathways system; meridian systems are believed to deal with pathological changes and physiological regulation of the human body as physical path-way systems. Based on the principles of Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, the clinical effects of acupuncture might be closely connected with the appropriate acupoints selection during the treatment. For example, acupuncture or laser acupuncture (LA) stimulation of the Neiguan acupoint (PC6), located on the pericardium (PC) Hand-JueYin meridian, is recommended for the treatments of nausea, cardiac and gastric pain, or stress management. Additionally, there are some evidences concerning the specificity of acupoints that seem to be confirmed; many researchers pointed out that LA and electroacupuncture significantly increased nitric oxide (NO) release over acupoint whereas the (NO) release over nonacupoint only changed slightly after the same treatment [4-6]. Needling at acupoint enhanced the blood perfusion of the acupoint, but not at nearby nonacupoint. Acupuncture increased the blood (NO) content of the acupoints. However, the biochemical transmission mechanisms of acupuncture signal and specificity of acupoints are still unknown.