Effect of somatic afferent nerve-visceral nerve circuit in the regulation of the gastrointestinal function with acupuncture and moxibustion.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240113-0001
- Author:
Biwei CHEN
1
;
Lili ZHANG
2
;
Shaozong CHEN
2
Author Information
1. School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250355, China.
2. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250355, China; Institute of Systematic Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250355, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acupuncture-moxibustion;
gastrointestinal function;
mechanism;
somatic afferent nerve-visceral nerve circuit
- MeSH:
Humans;
Moxibustion;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Acupuncture Points;
Gastrointestinal Tract/physiology*;
Animals;
Neurons, Afferent/physiology*;
Afferent Pathways/physiology*
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(1):87-93
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The distribution of the common acupoints of acupuncture-moxibustion for gastrointestinal diseases conforms to the rule of the segmental homology of somatic afferent nerve-visceral nerve circuit at the spinal cord level. Acupuncture-moxibustion regulates the gastrointestinal function through the nerve-endocrine-immune system, and especially depending on the integrity of the structure and function of nervous system. The somatic afferent nerve-visceral nerve circuit plays an important role in the process of acupuncture and moxibustion for regulating the gastrointestinal function. There are three dimensions. ① The somatic afferent nerve-visceral nerve circuit at the peripheral level, including the somatic afferent nerve-visceral afferent nerve circuit centered on the dorsal root ganglion, and the somatic afferent nerve-visceral efferent nerve circuit centered on the sympathetic ganglia; ② that at the spinal cord level; ③ that at the supra-spinal cord level, focusing on the various reflex circuits with the solitary nucleus involved. The somatic afferent nerve-visceral nerve circuit at the spinal level and inferior to it determines the segmental regulation of acupuncture-moxibustion in the gastrointestinal system, while that at the level superior to the spinal cord determines the supersegmental action of acupuncture-moxibustion in regulating the gastrointestinal system. The neurophysiological mechanism of acupuncture-moxibustion is multi-circuits and multi-targets in regulating gastrointestinal function.
