What is the principle of acupuncture analgesia?
There are 360 acupoints on the surface of meridians, also called acupoints, which can balance and store qi. Qi refers to an invisible energy or electromagnetic energy that moves in meridians. Acupuncture can regulate the movement of qi through meridians and manage various systems of the body, such as nerves, immunity, circulatory system and muscles. Acupuncture can affect the movement of qi in pipes and organs, thus regulating the functions of qi, blood, body fluid, nerve, immunity and viscera.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that various reasons lead to the pathological changes of qi and blood circulation disorders such as poor circulation, stagnation or abnormal circulation of qi and blood, thus causing pain symptoms, that is, the pathogenesis of "arthralgia". Acupuncture treatment can stimulate and warm acupuncture points, dredge meridians, promote qi and blood circulation, and improve the operation state of qi and blood in the affected part, thus improving the nutritional state of the affected part and restoring its normal physiological activities, that is, the meridians are unobstructed and the viscera are restored to the relative balance of Yin and Yang.
Modern research believes that the central nervous system has a "pain modulation system" at all levels of the center besides the pain center, which can inhibit the transmission of pain to the center. After the acupuncture signal enters the central system, it stimulates the activities of many neurons from spinal cord, brain stem to brain, activates the body's own analgesic system, and increases the secretion of analgesic substances such as 5- hydroxytryptamine, acetylcholine and endogenous opioids, thus producing obvious analgesic effect.
In recent years, through multi-disciplinary cooperation, the principle of acupuncture treatment, essence of meridians and acupuncture technology have been deeply studied, which proves that acupuncture can adjust the functions of various systems of the body and enhance the body's disease resistance. The principle of acupuncture analgesia has penetrated into the molecular level of neurotransmitters such as nerve cells, electrophysiology and brain peptide. In the experiment of acupuncture analgesia, western scientists believe that acupuncture can stimulate the release of natural analgesic substances in the body, thus relieving pain. The analgesic effect of acupuncture has a delayed effect, which increases slowly, and its analgesic effect will be felt even after the needle is taken out. The effect will be more obvious after several treatments. After stopping acupuncture treatment for a period of time, this effect will disappear. In addition, acupuncture also has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, spasmolytic, anti-shock and anti-paralysis effects.