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KMID : 1147720180110010007
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Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
2018 Volume.11 No. 1 p.7 ~ p.17
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Smoking Disturbs the Intrinsic Tendencies of Autonomic Nervous System Reflected in the Bioelectric Potential at 12 Alarm Points: A Pilot Study
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Kim Il-Gu
Lee Hyun-Jin
Park Sae-Min
Yim Yun-Kyoung
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Abstract
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Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of smoking on the bioelectrical potential (BEP) at 12 alarm points.
Methods: A crossover study was conducted on 17 normal adult male smokers. The BEP was measured at 12 alarm points both before and after breathing through a filter (control) and smoking.
Results: The participants were classified into three subtypes according to the way in which their BEP changed after having breathed through a filter: increasing, decreasing, and irregular types. Compared with breathing through a filter, smoking decreased the BEP in the increasing type, whereas it increased the BEP in the decreasing type. No significant changes were observed in the irregular-type participants.
Conclusions; This study suggests that smoking increases sympathetic activity in smokers with a parasympathetic tendency, whereas it lessens sympathetic activity in smokers with a sympathetic tendency. Smoking does this by eliminating the intrinsic tendency of the autonomic nervous system, and these effects can be observed in the BEP at 12 alarm points.
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KEYWORD
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alarm point, autonomic nervous system, bioelectric potential, meridian, smoking
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