ACUPUNCTURE AND GASTRIC-ACID STUDIES
ACUPUNCTURE AND GASTRIC-ACID STUDIES
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DOI:
10.1142/s0192415x79000337
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
FALAIYE, JM
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作者:
SODIPO, JOA;FALAIYE, JM
The effects of therapeutic acupuncture on gastric acid secretion on pain relief in chronic duodenal ulcer patients were studied. Ten adult Nigerian patients with clinical, endoscopic and radiological evidence of duodenal ulcer constituted the ulcer group. Four other patients who gave history of dyspepsia formed the dyspeptic group. A pentagastrin stimulation test was performed on all subjects pre- and post-acupuncture therapy. The classical Chinese acupuncture loci were employed. The mean basal acid output (BAO) in the duodenal ulcer group was markedly reduced from 4.04 .+-. 1.01 mM/h to 1.05 .+-. 2.5 mM/h. The mean maximal acid output (MAO) was lowered from 34.72 .+-. 13.81 mM/h to 15.34 .+-. 4.01 mM/h. The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The relief of pain is attributable to the therapeutic inhibition of gastric hyperacidity in the patients. Acupuncture appears to achieve symptomatic relief through therapeutic gastric depression in duodenal ulcer patients.