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KMID : 0363620060270040057
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2006 Volume.27 No. 4 p.57 ~ p.61
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The Clinical Effect of Manipulation of Acupuncture to Shen-Men and Nei-Kuan on Blood Pressure of Normal Male Subjects
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Jung Woo-Sang
Hong Jin-Woo
Lee Jun-Woo
Park Sung-Wook
Moon Sang-Kwan
Ko Chang-Nam
Cho Ki-Ho
Kim Young-Suk
Bae Hyung-Sup
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Abstract
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Objectives : With an assumption of traditional oriental medical theory, to evaluate the effect of tonification/sedation manipulative acupuncture on blood pressure in male normotensives.
Methods : This study was a randomized cross-over trial. We enrolled healthy male normotensive subjects, and assigned them randomly to group A or group B. Group A received acupuncture therapy on Shen-Men (He-7) and Nei-Kuan (EH-6) with tonification-manipulation, while group B received it with sedation-manipulation. Blood pressure was assessed every ten minutes for 2 hours. After 3 days of washout period, the subjects were crossed over to the other manipulation, and the same procedures were performed.
Results : We observed that blood pressure stimulated by the sedation-manipulation had a tendency to decrease compared to that by the tonification-manipulation.
Conclusions : We suggest the sedation manipulation has more synergic effect with the inhibitory effects of Shen-Men and Nei-Kuan on the sympathetic nervous system than the tonification-manipulation.
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KEYWORD
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Nei-Kuan, Shen-Men, blood pressure, tonification-manipulation, sedation-manipulation
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