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Application of Brain Imaging Technology in the Study of Acupuncture Mechanism and Disease Curative Effect

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DOI: 10.23977/medsc.2025.060302 | Downloads: 9 | Views: 231

Author(s)

Ting Qu 1, Yaxin Jiao 1, Wei Fang 1, Zhiwei Zhang 2, Zhaoxin Wan 3

Affiliation(s)

1 College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712000, Shaanxi, China
2 The First Clinical Medical College, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712000, Shaanxi, China
3 Rehabilitation Department, Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, 710000, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Zhaoxin Wan

ABSTRACT

Research back ground: Acupuncture and moxibustion is a treatment method passed down for thousands of years, and it is still considered "unscientific" despite significant clinical efficacy. In the scientific research of acupuncture and moxibustion, how to promote the "modernization of acupuncture and moxibustion" has become a frontier field, combining modern imaging and acupuncture treatment, and further visualization research has become a trend. The literature on" imaging and acupuncture" in 2022 was collected from the database of "China National Knowledge Network", and the endnoteX9.1 software was imported to screen the literature on MRI technology and acupuncture combined with the research perspective. Through the analysis and summary of the literature on acupuncture MRI in the past five years, the changes of image data before, during and after acupuncture treatment of diseases were combined with acupuncture efficacy. This article explores the scientific nature of MRI technology in the visualization of acupuncture mechanism and therapeutic effect. In the acupuncture treatment of dominant diseases such as stroke, pain and mental diseases, MRI technology can confirm the imaging changes of patients before and after treatment, and further clarify the acupuncture mechanism of the central system and peripheral nerves, which is conducive to the application of acupuncture imaging in clinical practice and improve the clinical curative effect of acupuncture.

KEYWORDS

Acupuncture Science; Acupuncture Mechanism; Brain Imaging Technology; Acupuncture Imaging; Clinical Curative Effect of Acupuncture

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Ting Qu, Yaxin Jiao, Wei Fang, Zhiwei Zhang, Zhaoxin Wan, Application of Brain Imaging Technology in the Study of Acupuncture Mechanism and Disease Curative Effect. MEDS Clinical Medicine (2025) Vol. 6: 7-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medsc.2025.060302.

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