Time course of changes in nail fold microcirculation induced by acupuncture stimulation at the Waiguan acupoints

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 777-785

  Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a   Chang, Yung Ming ^a   Tang, Nou Ying ^a   Lin, I Hsin ^a   Liu, Chung Hsiang ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Jin, Rui ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture stimulation; Capillary density; Capillary red blood cell velocity; Nail fold microcirculation; Time course

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NAILS; NITRIC OXIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 33750442234     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X06004284     Document Type: Article

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