Acupuncture point selection for prevention and treatment of generalized anxiety disorder from the perspective of Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20220210-00048
- VernacularTitle:从“微生物群-肠-脑轴”探析防治广泛性焦虑障碍的针刺选穴思路
- Author:
Xiaxia JIN
1
;
Leyao QIN
;
Mengdan ZHANG
;
Tao GAO
;
Zhengquan LEI
;
Feng ZHOU
;
Wendi DONG
Author Information
1. 陕西中医药大学针灸推拿学院2020级硕士研究生，咸阳 712046
- Keywords:
Acupuncture;
Generalized anxiety disorder;
Intestinal flora;
Microbiota-gut-brain axis
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2023;45(1):8-12
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Disorders of the gut flora (GF) affect the level of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the brain of patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and influence the development of the disease. Most of the acupuncture points selected for GAD are based on the principles of local acupuncture points and acupuncture points following the distant channels of the meridians, regarding Baihui (DU 20), Fengchi (GB 20), and Yintang (GV 29) as the main acupuncture points, and the acupuncture points selected for the regulation of GF are Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), and Guanyuan (RN 4) and Zusanli (ST 36). Recently, many studies have been conducted on the mechanism of action of acupuncture in the treatment of GAD from the perspective of GF, but few have investigated the theoretical of acupuncture points used to prevent and treat GAD. This paper discusses the theoretical basis of acupuncture to regulate the "microbiota-gut-brain axis" (MGBA) for the prevention and treatment of GAD, and proposes the method of "regulating the internal organs and calming the mind and relieving anxiety" through analyzing the researches on the regulation of GF and GAD.
