Research Progress of the Mechanism of Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
10.11842/wst.20240712003
- VernacularTitle:电针治疗焦虑障碍的作用机制研究进展
- Author:
Fei TIAN
1
;
Zhen WANG
Author Information
1. 上海中医药大学 上海 201200
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Anxiety disorders;
Electroacupuncture;
Neurotransmitter;
Neuroendocrine;
Immune function
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;27(6):1656-1663
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Anxiety disorders form the most common mental illnesses among adults in China,characterized by high morbidity and high relapse,which seriously affect patient's life quality.Current medications for the anxiety disorders generally have slow onset of action,significant side effects,and poor patient compliance.Electroacupuncture,as a kind of complementary and alternative therapy,has been widely used in the treatment of mental diseases recently,which is quicker to take effect and has little side effect,while its mechanism has not been clarified.This paper summarized and reviewed the mechanism of electroacupuncture to improve anxiety disorders by regulating neurotransmitters,neuroendocrine and immune functions,aiming to provide a theoretical basis and diagnostic and therapeutic ideas for the clinical electroacupuncture treatment of anxiety disorders.
