Influence of Acupuncturing Feng-fu Acupoint on Plasma NO and ET Levels of Rats with TTH
WU Hong-yun
WANG Xi-you
WANG Fu-wen
HOU Shu-wei
Abstract：Objective To investigate the influence of acupuncturing feng-fu acupoint on NO and ET levels in blood plasmaofratswithTTH.Methods 48Wistarratswererandomlydividedintofourgroupswith12ratsineachgroup.The blank group was subjected to no disposal, while model group, Feng-fu acupoint group and non-acpoint group were subjected to prepare model of rats with TTH by injuring ATP into bilateral semispinalis capitis of rats.After modeling succeed, model group′s rats were treated with acupuncture into Feng-fu, and non-acpoint group ones were treated with acupuncture into non-acupoint, the NT being 10 min individually, then measured plasma NO levels by spectrophotometry and plasma ET lev-els by ELISA method.Results Blank group, model group, Feng-fu acupoint group and non-acpoint group′s NO levels were (29.51 ±9.54), (38.33 ±11.39), (30.82 ±7.33) and (36.46 ±6.39)μmol/L respectively, and their ET levels were (54.74 ±7.95), (69.24 ±9.94), (60.19 ±10.52) and (64.79 ±8.52)ng/L respectively.The NO and ET levels of blank group and Feng-fu acupoint group compared, P<0.05.The NO and ET levels of Feng-fu acupoint group and non-acpoint group compared, P<0.05.The ET level of non-acpoint group and blank group compared, P<0.05.Before acu-puncturing, blank group, model group, Feng-fu acupoint group and non-acpoint group′s myoelectricity incubation period individually were (8.37 ±1.35), (7.52 ±0.57), (7.63 ±0.64) and (8.98 ±1.64)ms, while after acupuncturing, their myoelectricity incubation period individually were (8.277 ±1.30), (7.420 ±0.61), (8.233 ±0.71) and (9.163 ±1.66)ms, before and after acupuncturing Feng-fu acupoint for the same group was very meaningful(P<0.01).Conclu-sion Acupuncturing Feng-fu acupoint can decrease NO and ET levels in blood plasma of rats and relieve local muscle ten-sion, which may be an effective mechanism that acupuncturing Feng-fu acupoint could cure TTH.
Keywords：tension-type headacheFeng-fu acupointacupuncturenitric oxideendothelin
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 29-31 )