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Allied J Med Res 2017
Volume 1 Issue 2
Herbal Medicine 2017
September 01-02, 2017 London, UK
3
rd
International Conference and Expo on
Herbal & Alternative Medicine
Page 36
Influence of the Large Intestine Meridian on
Bronchial Astma
Radka Durďáková
1
, František Dorko
1
and Radomír Durďák
1
1
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava,
Czech Republic
Objective / Purpose:
Our research focuses on the large
intestine meridian, which has, according to the Traditional
Chinese Medicine, influence not just on the intestine, its
motility, and digestion, but its influence on the respiratory
system has also been described, in which case it’s used
for therapy of bronchial asthma, hay fever, etc. The
study targets selected points of this pathway, where
through progressive dissection we reveal the area of the
acupuncture point and further study its possible influences
in relation with bronchial asthma. Our research follows up
on our last-year study, in which we have found a likely way
how the stimulation of the LU5 point by the insertion of an
acupuncture needle affects the progression of bronchial
asthma.
Material and Methods:
Our study was carried out on
cadavers fixated using the prescribed fixation formol
method at the Department of Anatomy at the Faculty of
Medicine by University of Ostrava. The research was split
into 3 phases for better accuracy and verification. In the first
phase, we have used special training models and training
mats to learn how to properly insert the acupuncture needle
and with the help of expert recommended literature and
exact drawings we have trained the exact placement and
localization of points on the human body and subsequently
the correct insertion of the needle into these specific
acupuncture points into the prescribed depth and under
the correct angle. In the second phase of the research
we have localized acupuncture points of the lung meridian
on a live human model and tried inserting needles into
ourselves to verify that there is a nerve ending in the
specific point, which we proved by irritation of the point by
the acupuncture needle. We have decided to undertake
this step in order to achieve the best possible projection
of points on the cadaver, since cadavers used in our
research were before the dissection properly treated with
the prescribed fixation method, and after the stabilization
in fixation solutions are occurring micro deformations of
tissues, so it is not possible to ensure an entirely neutral
position of the cadaver, and therefore we have tried to
determine the insertion point as exactly as possible in order
to obtain the most convincing results. In the last phase, we
marked acupuncture points on cadavers and began the
dissection. The dissection was carried out in the place of
the acupuncture point in the necessary depth of insertion
according to the teachings of acupuncture. Tissues were
separated into layers, respecting anatomical structures
belonging to the given area with special regards to careful
dissection of veins and nerve structures in the location of
anatomic structures along the lung meridian. Acupuncture
points on the lung meridian were studied and after
comparison of individual dissections we have found no
serious anatomical deviations between various cadavers.
In the end, we have made photographic documentation
and description.
Conclusion / Discussion:
The view on acupuncture is
still not entirely clear and effects described when treating
people with acupuncture are not widely acknowledged in
Europe. It is partially caused by various researches, which
do not rule out the subjective effect on side of the patient,
most of all the placebo effect. Despite this, it cannot be
concluded that effects of acupuncture are solely caused by
the placebo effect, since in China is treatment of patients
based on acupuncture performed and widely accepted
for millennia and this method is still more popular than
the rational western medicine. Therefore, the approach
to treatment using this method is still dubious and the
standpoint for its use is uncertain or negative, and therefore
are physicians hesitant to treat people with the use of the
traditional Chinese medicine. For reasons mentioned
above, we have decided to focus on the research of
acupuncture with the removal of the subjective part, and
therefore by studying nervous pathways we can with the
help of anatomical and physiological knowledge determine
the probable effect of stimulation of an acupuncture point.
Biography
Radka Durďáková currently studies in the 3rd year at the Faculty of Medicine at
the University of Ostrava. She leads together with Assoc. Prof. MUDr. František
Dorko, Csc. for the second year a research team focused on objective research
of acupuncture pathways. Their study focusing on objective effects of the
LU5 point on the bronchial asthma (Anatomical study of potential connection
between the acupuncture point LU5 and sympathetic reaction of spinal nerves)
was published in the Merit Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciencis
(IF according to the International Scientific Indexing 1,257) and she has also
presented these results on an international conference in Bratislava. She has
studied in China in years 2014-2015 at the Beijing Language and Culture
University and Beijing Normal University.
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