7 Star Acupuncture Lowers Cholesterol

Acupuncture combined with plum blossom needling reduces cholesterol and triglyceride levels in obese patients with hyperlipidemia. Researchers discovered an additive effect when combining the two protocols. The total effective rate in the acupuncture combined with plum blossom needling group was higher than in a group receiving only acupuncture. Other clinically signifiant changes documented in the study were improvements in body mass index and body fat percentages.   Plum blossom needling, often referred to as seven star needling, refers to a group of needles attached to a wand. The flexible wand is manually manipulated to tap the needles to the surface of the skin. The researchers investigated the synergistic and additive effects of combining plum blossom needling with standard acupuncture protocols. One group received manual acupuncture and the other group received a combination of manual acupuncture plus plum blossom needling. Acupuncture was applied to acupoints including:   Qimen (LV14) Taichong (LV3) Zhangmen (LV13) Taibai (SP3) Zusanli (ST36) Geshu (UB17) Ganshu (UB18) Pishu (UB20) In the plum blossom group, the seven star needle was applied to the acupoints in addition to standard manual acupuncture. Acupuncture treatments were provided one time per two days for a period of three continuous months. The total effective rate in the acupuncture with plum blossom group was 96.2% and the acupuncture only group had a total effective rate of 84.6%. The researchers conclude that acupuncture combined with plum blossom needling is more effective than acupuncture as a standalone procedure for the treatment of hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and triglycerides).    Sun et al. had related findings when testing the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. They discovered that acupuncture combined with the drug Lipitor is more effective for the treatment of hyperlipidemia than using only Lipitor. The Lipitor only group had a 73.3% total effective rate whereas the acupuncture plus Lipitor group had a 93.3% total effective rate. Close-up of a 7 star needle    Lipitor was given to hyperlipidemia patients in both groups, one 20 mg tablet per day for six weeks. Manual acupuncture was applied in the acupuncture group to the following acupuncture points with a forty minute needle retention time at a rate of two times per day, five days per week, for six weeks:   Baihui (GV 20) Zhongwan (CV 12) Zusanli (ST 36) Sanyinjiao (SP 6) Yinlingquan (SP 9) Fenglong (ST 40) Measurements of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol were recorded. The researchers note that combining acupuncture with Lipitor delivers superior positive patient outcomes than using Lipitor as a standalone procedure.   In a related study, Shen et al. find acupuncture effective for lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), the researchers examined how acupuncture point LV3 (Taichong) lowers blood pressure. They discovered that LV3 activates the anterior cingulated gyrus and its connection with surrounding areas of the brain. The researchers note that LV3 regulates the parasympathetic nervous system and lowers blood pressure through this pathway.     References: Wu, B., Z. C. Liu, and B. Xu. "Clinical observation on obesity and hyperlipidemia of liver qi stagnation and spleen deficiency pattern in female patients treated with combined therapy of acupuncture and tapping method." Zhongguo zhen jiu= Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion 34, no. 12 (2014): 1151.   Sun, Y. Z., and J. Song. "[Clinical trials for treatment of primary hyperlipidemia by using acupuncture in combination with Lipitor]." Zhen ci yan jiu= Acupuncture research/[Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan Yi xue qing bao yan jiu suo bian ji] 40, no. 1 (2015): 61-64.   W. Shen, Z. Sun, X. L. Wang, B. L. Zou, and S. Fu. "Twisting acupuncture and sham acupuncture at Taichong (LR 3) in patients with essential hyper-tension: an fMRI study." Zhongguo zhen jiu= Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion 34, no. 12 (2014): 1191.

Acupuncture Improves Circulation

Acupuncture significantly enhances peripheral blood flow. Photoplethysmography results published in Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits demonstrates that acupuncture induces “significant elevation of peripheral blood flow.” Exact location of ST36, Zusanli (leg three measures), on human subject. The research team making this discovery notes that a prior investigation using single-channel photoplethysmography demonstrates that acupuncture enhances “local microvascular blood flow in tissue surrounding Zusanli after acupuncture at that site.” The new research takes the investigation another step further. Using multi-channel photoplethysmography, the researchers demonstrate that needling acupuncture point ST36 (Zusanli) induces “significant elevations in whole body peripheral blood flow and parasympathetic activities after acupuncture at Zusanli.”

 

The ancient principles of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) posit acupuncture as a means to regulate qi and blood flow throughout the body through a transporting network of meridians and acupuncture points along those meridians. The researchers note that the study “reinforces the theory of traditional Chinese medicine….” The researchers measured acupuncture’s ability to induce “significant elevations in peripheral blood flow over the upper and lower limbs during and afteracupuncture.” Based on the findings, the researchers conclude that “the results of this study support the theory of Chinese medicine that acupuncture at Zusanli augments systemic gastrointestinal and circulatory functions.”

 

The researchers provide background concerning the need for this investigation. In 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) denoted that acupuncture is beneficial in the treatment of 64 conditions including those involving pain, psychiatric concerns, neurological disorders, digestive imbalances, respiratory disorders, dermatological conditions, and gynecological diseases. They add that in Taiwan, acupuncture is commonly used for the treatment of many conditions including “stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, Bell’s palsy, carpal tunnel syndrome, and headache.” The study was designed to clarify the mechanisms by which acupuncture exerts its effective actions. 

 

About The Point

Acupuncture point ST36 is located on the lower leg. According to TCM principles, it is a he-sea, earth, lower he-sea of the stomach, and sea of nourishment point. It is also a Gao Wu command point and a Ma Dan-yang heavenly star point. ST36 functions to order the spleen and stomach, regulate qi and blood, and strengthen weak and deficient conditions. Traditional indications for using ST36 include: gastrointestinal pain, emesis, abdominal distention, diarrhea or constipation, mastitis, abscessed breast, enteritis, gastritis, edema, asthma, anemia, lassitude, exhaustion, indigestion, hemiplegia, mania, and neurasthenia. 

 

EKG readout. 

 

Equipment

Photoplethysmography is a non-invasive optical technique used to measure blood volume changes in microvascular beds. The researchers used an eight-channel photoplethysmography device made by the Lite-On Electronics Company. High and low-pass filters with cutoff frequencies of 0.48 - 10 Hz were implemented. The signals were processed by a USB-6210 DAQ analog to digital converter made by National Instruments (Austin, Texas). A computer was used to store the data and perform waveform monitoring and analysis.

 

 

Reference:

Yang, Cheng-Chan, Wei-You Zhuang, and Hsien-Tsai Wu. "Assessment of the impact of acupuncture on peripheral blood flow with multi-channel photoplethysmography." In Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2014.

Acupuncture in ancient China: How important was it really?

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23464646
Abstract

Although acupuncture theory is a fundamental part of the Huangdi Neijing, the clinical application of the needle therapy in ancient China was always a limited one. From early times there have been warnings that acupuncture might do harm. In books like Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghanlun it plays only a marginal role. Among the 400 emperors in Chinese history, acupuncture was hardly ever applied. After Xu Dachun called acupuncture a "lost tradition" in 1757, the abolition of acupuncture and moxibustion from the Imperial Medical Academy in 1822 was a radical, but consequent act. When traditional Chinese medicine was revived after 1954, the "New Acupuncture" was completely different from what it had been in ancient China. The conclusion, however, is a positive one: The best time acupuncture ever had was not the Song dynasty or Yuan dynasty, but is now - and the future of acupuncture does not lie in old scripts, but in ourselves.

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