Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on the Castric Acid Secretion

Abstract

This Study was performed to evaluate the effect of acupuncture stimulations on meridian points on gastric function.
Gastric juice of healthy volunteers was examined, and the effect of acupuncture stimulations at the trunk and remote positions on the gastric acid output was observed.
The followiag results were obtained:
1) Gastric juice secretion and acid output were suppressed in basal secretion but facilitated in maximal secretion.
2) The variation of gastric function was closely related to the location of stimulation; the effect of stimulation was more conspicuous at remote positions than trunk positions.
3) The variations of effect depending on the number of stimulations were conspicuous in remote positions, where a larger effect was obtained, and there was a significant difference in effect between single and consecutive stimulations.