Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

Study the effect of electro acupuncture on liver– spleen and kidney function of experimental animals

Pham Hong Van¹, Nguyen Duc Minh², Nguyen The Anh^3♦, Tran Phuong Dong²

¹National Hospital of Acupuncture, Ha Noi, Vietnam
²Outpatient Department, National Hospital of Acupuncture, Hanoi city, Vietnam
³Department of Respiratory Medicine, Huu Nghi Hospital, Hanoi city, Vietnam

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Huu Nghi Hospital, Hanoi city, Vietnam

ABSTRACT

Studying the effects of electroacupuncture the acupoints LI4, PC6, Jiaji C7 in experimental inflamed rabbits show that, Electroacupuncture acupoints LI4, PC6, and Jiaji C7 have a protective effect, limiting the degree of degenerative and congestive damage in liver and kidney parenchyma in experimentally inflamed rabbits; stabilizing indicators evaluating the function of these organs (enzyme activity AST, ALT, urea, creatinine). Electroacupuncture acupoints LI4, PC6, and Jiaji C7 has prevented congestion in the parenchyma of the spleen, and in turn cause hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles of the spleen, increasing the number and percentage of lymphocytes in peripheral blood.

Keywords: electro acupuncture, liver, spleen, kidney

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms247e2335

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i124/ms247e2335

Published: 25 June 2022