Abstract
Acupuncture-moxibustion is an accumulation of a long period of experience in direct treatment of the human body. Still today the same types of methods occupy the main stream of acupuncture-moxibustion therapy. In order to move toward more effective methods in therapy it is essential that the methods used be effective and objective and that comparative examination with other methods be conducted.
I discovered that acupuncture administered to the area of muscle contracture at the nerve radix is remarkably effective and that in comparison with other acupuncture methods is highly effective. In order to examine these effects through animal experiments I administered tetanic stimulation to the gastrocnemius muscles to weaken the contraction strength and proved that acupuncture serves to accelerate the recovery action. As this function appeared even after the nerve was severed I considered the possibility that it might be an axon reflex. The effects vanished with the administration of an axon reflex suppressant but were observed even after denervation.
It can be stated that little progress will occur unless in this manner acupuncture research is repeatedly conducted such that results are verified through a comparative examination followed by fundamental experiments in which similar pathological conditions are created in animals and the acupuncture effects and mechanism verified.
