Effect of acupuncture at Foot-Yangming Meridian on gastric mucosal blood flow, gastric motility and brain-gut peptide

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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2007; 13(15): 2229-2233
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Table 1 Effect of acupuncture on UI and GMBF (mean ± SD, n = 10)

Groups	UI	GMBF
	(mm²)	(mL/100g tissue/min)
Normal control	2.28 ± 1.56	1.03 ± 0.255
Model	4.46 ± 1.77^a	0.52 ± 0.161^b
Tianshu	3.09 ± 1.62	0.694 ± 0.160^d
Sibai	3.05 ± 1.38	0.893 ± 0.210^c^d
Zusanli	2.44 ± 1.68	1.038 ± 0.301^d^f^h
Non-acupoint	4.12 ± 1.82	0.671 ± 0.282^b^d

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^dP < 0.01 vs model group;

^cP < 0.05,

^fP < 0.01 vs Tianshu group;

^hP < 0.01 vs non-acupoint group.

Table 2 Effect of acupuncture on average rates of frequency (%) and amplitude changes (%) (mean ± SD, n = 10)

Groups	Frequency change (%)	Amplitude change (%)
Normal control	-4.71 ± 10.32	1.81 ± 14.12
Model	-19.41 ± 17.21^a	-51.61 ± 29.02^b
Tianshu	4.52 ± 20.62^c	1.52 ± 20.13^dh
Sibai	-3.03 ± 18.12	-6.52 ± 23.31^d^f
Zusanli	-1.62 ± 14.21	6.92 ± 25.21^d^f
Non-acupoint	-21.62 ± 16.42	-38.12 ± 26.42^b

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs model group;

^fP < 0.01 vs non-acupoint group.

Table 3 Effect of acupuncture on content of motilin in sinus ventriculi and bulbus medullae (mean ± SD, n= 10)

Groups	Sinus ventriculi (pg/mL)	Bulbus medullae (pg/mL)
Normal control	72.91 ± 8.42	60.76 ± 8.05
Model	63.04 ± 7.77^a	50.96 ± 8.77^a
Tianshu	66.06 ± 10.43	51.27 ± 7.77^a
Sibai	72.84 ± 8.62^c	56.61 ± 8.29
Zusanli	71.64 ± 9.35^c	58.96 ± 6.69^c^e^g
Non-acupoint	65.29 ± 8.31	50.66 ± 9.46^b

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^cP < 0.05 vs model group;

^eP < 0.05 vs Tianshu group;

^gP < 0.05 vs non-acupoint group.

Table 4 Effect of acupuncture on content of somatostatin in sinus ventriculi and bulbus medullae (mean ± SD)

Groups	Sinus ventriculi (ng/g)	Bulbus medullae (ng/g)
Normal control	90.54 ± 40.42	370.91 ± 76.29
Model	179.85 ± 43.13^b	532.86 ± 122.58^a
Tianshu	177.58 ± 42.42	480.62 ± 151.69^c
Sibai	130.26 ± 69.23^e^f	388.53 ± 155.04^c^d^g
Zusanli	131.72 ± 38.27^c^d^f	365.76 ± 143.93^c^e
Non-acupoint	165.26 ± 56.19	476.22 ± 131.17

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^cP < 0.05 vs model group;

^eP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs Tianshu group;

^gP < 0.05,

^fP < 0.01 vs non-acupoint group.

Citation: Lin YP, Yi SX, Yan J, Chang XR. Effect of acupuncture at Foot-Yangming Meridian on gastric mucosal blood flow, gastric motility and brain-gut peptide. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(15): 2229-2233
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i15/2229.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i15.2229