Research progress of acupuncture for peripheral inflammatory response[J]. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, 2022, 42(9): 1078-1082.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20211028-0003.
Acupuncture can regulate peripheral inflammatory response mainly through somatosensory-vagal/sympathetic nerve-splenic/adrenal/local reflex pathway.Besides
acupuncture may also play an anti-inflammatory role through gut microbiota and neuro-endocrine pathway.The effects of acupuncture have acupoint specificity and time window effect
and are influenced by voltage
current and frequency of electroacupuncture.Future research should focus on the connection and interaction of multiple targets
pathways and mechanisms in the brain
and clarify the multi-target advantages of acupuncture anti-inflammatory.