Abstract
The studies were carried out on 54 patients in Nagumo Acupuncture Clinic. Four techniques of acupuncture were applied; acupuncture, low-frequency electroacupuncture, moxibution, and chiropractic.
Systolic blood pressures and pulses were mesured by using an auto-sphymomanometer on the upper arm in the following three groups; for 15 to 20 minutes before therpy (supine position), for 30 to 60 minutes during therapy, for 30 to 60 minutes after therapy.
Blood pressures during therapy exhibited individually specific variations compared with those before therapy and were classified into following four patterns with 5% significance by t-tests;
1. increasing group with 5% significance
2. decreasing group with 5% significance
3. group with broad variations
4. group without significant variations.
Pulses exhibited generally reducing tendencies with similar variation patterns to those of blood pressure.
During therapy, the patients with low blood pressure have increasing tendency and those with high blood pressure have decreasing tendency.
From the standpoint of variations of blood pressure, acupuncture influenced physiologically favourable effects on the automatic nerve reflexes and revealed safe and effective clinical results.
