Relationship Between Acupuncture Needling Direction and Electric Current

Acupuncture Clinical Trial

Official title:

Meridian Study on the Response Current Affected by Acupuncture Needling Direction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05261919
• Other study ID #: 201901601A3
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study applies a semiconductor analyzer to investigate the effects of acupuncture manipulation.

Description:

Acupuncture manipulation with needling direction is important for the therapeutic effect based on traditional Chinese medicine theory. However, research usually focuses on the therapeutic effects on the acupoints and acupuncture time rather than on the manipulation method. This study applies a semiconductor analyzer to investigate the effects of acupuncture manipulation.

30 healthy participants were recruited in the study. This study employed an Agilent B1500A semiconductor analyzer to investigate the electric characteristics of meridians under directional supplementation and draining manipulation. We measured the electric current of meridians under different manipulation, and compared the difference between supplementation and draining manipulation in healthy individuals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 10, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• at least 20 years old

• agree to the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• under 20 years old

• pregnant or breast-feeding women

• those with an empty stomach before the study

• a tendency toward bleeding with thrombocytopenia or history of platelets < 20000 or a user of an anti-platelet drug.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acupuncture
• Electricity; Effects

Intervention

Procedure:
• Acupuncture manipulation
The investigator used directional supplementation and draining manipulation. The supplementation manipulation is defined as the angle of needle insertion to skin as 45 degrees with the needle tip in the same direction as the meridian. While the draining manipulation is defined as the angle of needle insertion at 45 degrees with the needle tip direction opposite to that of the meridian.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Kaohsiung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (3)

Hung YC, Chen WC, Chang TC, Zheng HX, Liu YW, Tan YF, Lin SK, Lu YH, Hu WL, Tsai TM. Meridian study on the response current affected by electrical pulse and acupuncture. Nanoscale Res Lett. 2020 Jul 10;15(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s11671-020-03373-2. — View Citation

Ifrim Chen F, Antochi AD, Barbilian AG. Acupuncture and the retrospect of its modern research. Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2019;60(2):411-418. Review. — View Citation

Zhang WB, Wang GJ, Fuxe K. Classic and Modern Meridian Studies: A Review of Low Hydraulic Resistance Channels along Meridians and Their Relevance for Therapeutic Effects in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:410979. doi: 10.1155/2015/410979. Epub 2015 Mar 2. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The electric current	Agilent B1500A is a device that can measure the electric current after acupuncture manipulation. The investigators measure the electric current after intervention of supplementation manipulation and draining manipulation respectively.	through study completion, an average of 90 minutes
Primary	The voltage	Agilent B1500A is a device that can measure the voltage after acupuncture manipulation. The investigators measure the voltage after intervention of supplementation manipulation and draining manipulation respectively.	through study completion, an average of 90 minutes