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2023 , Vol. 43 >Issue 2: 397 - 408

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20230105.002

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Effects of acupuncture on functional gastrointestinal disorders: special effects, coeffects, synergistic effects in terms of single or compatible acupoints

  • Jun ZHAO ,
  • Xia LI ,
  • Hui ZHENG ,
  • Kun YE ,
  • Xin WANG ,
  • Xuefei WANG ,
  • Runquan SUN ,
  • Zhigang LI
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  • 1 School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
    2 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, China
    3 Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
    4 Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China

Received date: 2021-11-19

  Accepted date: 2022-04-03

  Online published: 2023-03-14

Supported by

National Key Research and Development Program of China: Study on the Optimization of Clinical Protocol of “Multiacupoint Coeffects and Synergistic Effects”(2019YFC1709004)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate how the “special effect”/ “coeffect”/“synergistic effect” can achieve a positive result using an “acupuncture prescription” for functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) in clinical practice, based on the characteristics of single/compatible acupoints and acupuncture techniques.

METHODS: According to the search strategy, we searched six electronic bibliographic databases and provided a summary for this overview.

RESULTS: A large body of evidence has shown that acupuncture has positive effects in the treatment of FGIDs. However, the “prescription” intervention involved different single acupoints, compatible acupoints and acupoints based on expert consensus.

CONCLUSIONS: The core acupoints, including Tianshu (ST25), Zusanli (ST36), and Shangjuxu (ST37), emphasize the application of special acupoints, meridian points and nerve segments, and the two-way regulatory effect found in this study is often used as the basis of acupoint selection and acupoint prescription for acupuncture treatment of FGIDs.

Key words： acupuncture; gastrointestinal diseases; acupuncture points; special effects; co-effects; synergistic effects

Cite this article

Jun ZHAO , Xia LI , Hui ZHENG , Kun YE , Xin WANG , Xuefei WANG , Runquan SUN , Zhigang LI . Effects of acupuncture on functional gastrointestinal disorders: special effects, coeffects, synergistic effects in terms of single or compatible acupoints[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023 , 43(2) : 397 -408 . DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20230105.002

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