Abstract
Objective To detect and analyze the resistance at the stomach meridian acupoints in chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) patients with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold syndromes, summarize the status of asthenia-sthenia at stomach meridian under this condition, in order to guide the clinical therapy with acupuncture and moxibustion. Methods From 2010 January to 2013 December, 83 CAG patients with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold syndromes were collected from No.306 Hospital of the PLA, the surface resistances on the bilateral stomach meridian stomach acupoints were detected,including Lidui, Neiting, Xiangu, Chongyang, Jiexi, Fenglong,Zusanli, Liangqiu, and the non-acupoints 1cm lateral to the point were set as controls. Zhu auricle holographic detector was adopted to detect the resistance at 20 points (about 0.5 cm2 around the acupoints) in each acupoint, and the average value was calculated as the resistance value. Results The resistances on the left Chongyang and right Chongyang were (9.64 ± 2.03) kΩ and (9.68 ± 2.02) kΩ, respectively, both were significantly lower than those on other acupoints, with statistically significant difference (all P<0.01); the resistances on the left Liangqiu and right Liangqiu were (13.44 ± 2.11) kΩ and (13.68 ± 2.12) kΩ, respectively, both were significantly higher than those on other acupoints (all P<0.01). Conclusions The resistance on the stomach meridian stomach acupoints in CAG patients with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold syndromes is different, which may reflect the basic pathogenesis of CAG being the weakness of the spleen and stomach, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Key words: Gastritis, atrophic; Electric impedance; Points, stomach meridian; Spleen-stomach deficiency-cold syndromes
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