Skin on GV01 Acupoint in Colonic Inflammatory States: Tenderness and Neurogenic Inflammation

Hee-Young Kim; Dae-Hyun Hahm; Boo-Yong Sohn; Youngjin Choi; Kwang-Ho Pyun; Hye-Jung Lee; Insop Shim

doi:10.2170/physiolsci.SC001606

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Skin on GV01 Acupoint in Colonic Inflammatory States: Tenderness and Neurogenic Inflammation

Hee-Young Kim, Dae-Hyun Hahm, Boo-Yong Sohn, Youngjin Choi, Kwang-Ho Pyun, Hye-Jung Lee, Insop Shim

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Keywords: colitis, GV01, neurogenic inflammation

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2006 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 317-320

DOI https://doi.org/10.2170/physiolsci.SC001606

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Abstract

GV01 is one of the most effective acupoints to treat diarrhea in humans and animals. The present study showed that skin on the GV01 acupoint reveals tenderness and neurogenic inflammation in colonic inflammatory states, but not in normal healthy states.

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