2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Fundamental researches on the mechanism of acupuncture and

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21590753
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	General internal medicine (including Psychosomatic medicine)
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	SEKI Takashi 東北大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (90372292)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TAKANO Tadao 東北大学, 病院, 特任教授 (40282058) OHTUKI Takeo 東北大学, 病院, 助教 (40531330)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2012
Keywords	東洋医学 / 鍼灸
Research Abstract	Because the index of an objective evaluation is poor, it is difficult for us to build evidence of acupuncture and moxibustion and the Kampo medicine used from the ancient times. We measured the hemodynamics of each internal organs before and after the acupuncture and moxibustion treatment and Kampo medicine internal use using color Doppler echocardiography of the ultrasonic diagnostic equipment. Acupuncture stimulation andthermal stimulation for acupoint told to cure the symptom of the digestive organ from old days increased intestinal blood flow. It was found that acupuncture stimulation to acupoint told to cure poor circulation of the hand increased the blood flow of the arms. This method is thought to be able to become the index to evaluate a mechanism and an effect of the traditional medical treatment.