Acupuncture for treatment of kinetic insufficiency of kidney-qi and study on the mechanism.
- Author:
Jin CHEN
1
;
Jian-hua LIU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acupuncture Points; Acupuncture Therapy; Adolescent; Adult; Fatigue; therapy; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; physiopathology; Male; Pituitary-Adrenal System; physiopathology; Qi; Sports Medicine
- From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2007;27(7):479-481
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on kinetic insufficiency of kidney-qi and to study on the mechanism.
METHODSForty-four healthy professional sportsmen were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a control group. They trained for 4 weeksq with regular detection. In the latter 2 weeks, the acupuncture group received scalp and body-acupuncture.
RESULTSThree weeks later, signs of insufficiency of kidney-qi appeared in most of the sportsmen in the two groups. Two weeks after treatment, in the acupuncture group the signs improved, and testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) levels increased (P < 0.05); the symptoms did not significantly improve and the T and EZ levels decreased in the control group (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONAcupuncture therapy can regulate excitatory and inhibitory functions of the nervous system, improve symptoms of kinetic insufficiency of kidney-qi, and has regulative and repairing action on the sexual glands and adrenal gland.
