The current concepts of the humoral mechanisms of the analgetic and antipyretic actions of acupuncture (a review of the literature)
Nezhentsev, M.V.; Aleksandrov, S.I.
Likars'ka Sprava 1994(3-4): 39-42
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-5297 PMID: 7975538 Document Number: 434874
Needling triggers adaptive mechanisms, this feature determining a broad range of effects directed towards correction of disturbances in the homeostatic systems of the body. At present peripheral and central levels of response to needling are recognized. In a review of the published literature mechanisms are discussed of analgetic and antipyretic effects of acupuncture based on the latest findings in the field of neurochemistry.