- The advantages of acupuncture anesthesia in clinical practice
In clinical practice, acupuncture anesthesia presents a multitude of advantages, pivotal among these being Body System Protection. This technique supports the body's natural defenses, reducing the physiological stress often associated with surgical procedures. By modulating the body's response to pain, acupuncture anesthesia allows for a lower Dosage of Medication, significantly reducing the potential for drug-related side effects. Furthermore, this approach plays a crucial role in Emotion Regulation, helping patients maintain a calm and stable emotional state, which is essential for a positive surgical outcome. The impact of acupuncture on the nervous system not only aids in Pain Relief but also promotes Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. Patients tend to experience faster recuperation times, attributed to the holistic nature of this method. Additionally, acupuncture anesthesia is associated with a Lower Incidence of Side Effects compared to conventional anesthetics. Its ability to modulate and balance the body's responses makes it an invaluable tool in the realm of modern medicine, offering a safer, more patient-centered approach to pain management and recovery.
- Immunity
- Acupuncture anesthesia may enhance the body's immune response, reducing the risk of postoperative infections.
- Blood Flow
- Acupuncture anesthesia can optimize blood flow to tissues, aiding in wound healing and tissue recovery.
- Endocrinology
- Acupuncture anesthesia can influence endocrine function, helping maintain hormonal balance during surgery.
- Circulation
- Acupuncture anesthesia supports overall circulatory health, ensuring adequate oxygen and nutrient delivery to tissues.
- Microcirculation
- Acupuncture anesthesia positively affects microcirculation, benefiting tissue perfusion and healing.
- Blood Pressure
- Acupuncture anesthesia can help stabilize blood pressure, reducing perioperative hypertension risks.
- Heart Rate
- Acupuncture anesthesia can regulate heart rate, promoting cardiovascular stability during surgery.
- Hemodynamics
- Acupuncture anesthesia optimizes hemodynamic parameters, contributing to surgical safety.
- Bleeding
- Acupuncture anesthesia may reduce intraoperative bleeding, enhancing surgical outcomes.
- Skin Temperature
- Acupuncture anesthesia can help maintain stable skin temperature during surgery, preventing hypothermia.
Acupuncture anesthesia for Modulation-Skin Temperature
| PMID | Evidence | Source | Keyword | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8073239 | To establish responders and non-responders, lung function tests and measurement of microcirculation and skin temperature are carried out before and after acupuncture treatment. | Schweiz Med Wochenschr Suppl. 1994;62:39-48. | Microcirculation Skin Temperature | Review |
| 24073009 | Acupuncture treatment has been shown to reduce both high plasma β-endorphin and sympathetic nerve activity and increase low hand-skin temperature. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:762615. doi: 10.1155/2013/762615. Epub 2013 Sep 2. | Skin Temperature | Review |
| 32714410 | observed increased skin conductance and decreased skin temperature after acupuncture, and the differences were significant (P < 0.05). | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Jun 27;2020:5864057. doi: 10.1155/2020/5864057. eCollection 2020. | Skin Temperature | Review |
| 32714410 | The changes on psychological measure and skin temperature were also noted at postacupuncture for DOMS. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Jun 27;2020:5864057. doi: 10.1155/2020/5864057. eCollection 2020. | Skin Temperature | Review |
| 36570846 | An increasing number of studies have also demonstrated that acupuncture can regulate blood pressure, pupil size, skin conductance, skin temperature, heart rate (HR) and/or pulse rate, and heart rate variability (HRV) mediated by the ANS. | Front Neurosci. 2022 Dec 8;16:1038945. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1038945. eCollection 2022. | Heart Rate Blood Pressure Skin Temperature | Review |
| 37337608 | English search terms include acupuncture, acupoints, acupoint, needle therapy, needling, meridian, needling, acupoint sensitization, moxibustion, moxibustion therapy, temperature, skin temperature, skin temperatures, heat sensitization, heat-sensitization, primary dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrheas, menstrual pain, menstrual pains, painful menstruation, and painful menstruations. | J Pain Res. 2023 Jun 14;16:2027-2046. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S411923. eCollection 2023. | Skin Temperature | Review |
| 37337608 | Thus, the data reporting changes in skin temperature in these nine acupuncture areas were merged. | J Pain Res. 2023 Jun 14;16:2027-2046. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S411923. eCollection 2023. | Skin Temperature | Review |
| 16397393 | At 3 weeks of acupuncture treatment, skin temperature difference (DeltaT) of treatment group returned to normal range (< 0.3 degrees C), while DeltaT remained high in non-treatment group. | J Vet Med Sci. 2005 Dec;67(12):1283-4. doi: 10.1292/jvms.67.1283. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 25441948 | Bipolar EA was used for 20 minutes to stimulate the experimental defects, and the skin temperature was monitored at the sites where the acupuncture needles had been inserted and the soft tissue defects existed. | J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2014 Oct;7(5):238-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2014.01.002. Epub 2014 Jan 24. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 32761882 | In these studies, manipulation strengthened the effect of acupuncture in changing skin temperature, increasing the blood circulation, exciting the sympathetic nerves, and promoting metabolism of the tissues. | Brain Behav. 2020 Oct;10(10):e01781. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1781. Epub 2020 Aug 6. | Skin Temperature Circulation | Mechanism |
| 22369266 | Inhalation anesthesia and changes in the skin temperature are unlikely to interfere with the EA-induced antinociception in the tail-flick test. | Chin Med. 2012 Feb 27;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-3. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 22369266 | A possibility still remained that our results could be influenced by the changes in the skin temperature of animals. | Chin Med. 2012 Feb 27;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-3. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 22369266 | However, the skin temperatures of human volunteers decreased during the application of EA to both ST36. | Chin Med. 2012 Feb 27;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-3. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 22369266 | The systemic administration of mecamylamine, atropine or phenoxybenzamine produced significant changes in the rat tail skin temperature but none of them produced significant changes in the TFL. | Chin Med. 2012 Feb 27;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-3. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 22369266 | Therefore, inhalation anesthesia and changes in the skin temperature are unlikely to interfere with the EA-induced increase in the TFL. | Chin Med. 2012 Feb 27;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-3. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | In this study, we tried to observe the relationship between Deqi and skin temperature changes and whether there was some relativity between Deqi and needle stimulations on cold congealing and dysmenorrhea rat model. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Acupuncture can influence the skin temperature, just as Ling Shu (Miraculous Pivot) says that the doctor could warm the body through stimulating foot Shaoyin channel and cool the body through stimulating foot Yangming channel. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | In order to explore the relationship between Deqi and skin temperature changes, and whether there is direct relativity between Deqi and needle stimulus intensity. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | In this study, we punctured acupoint SP6 by different needle stimulations and observed the skin temperature changes of acupoint SP6 and SP10 along meridians by applying infrared thermal camera. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Record the basal skin temperature of SP6 and SP10. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | LSD's test was used for comparing the skin temperature changes between different groups. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Skin temperature changes were compared at different time intervals among Saline Control Group, Model Group, Group A, and Group B. The data was presented as Mean ± SD. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Effect of Skin Temperature Changes on Left SP6 at Different Time Intervals | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Effect of Skin Temperature Changes on Left SP10 at Different Time Intervals | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Effect of Skin Temperature Changes on Right SP6 at Different Time Intervals | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Effect of Skin Temperature Changes on Right SP10 at Different Time Intervals | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | The aim of the present study was to observe the relationship between Deqi and skin temperature changes and whether there was some relativity between Deqi and needle stimulations. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | This study showed that there was simultaneous skin temperature increasing effect on right SP6 and SP10 in Group A, whereas there was no such effect on SP6 and SP10 in Group B. Thus, we found that the simultaneous skin temperature changes along meridian could be considered as Deqi phenomena. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | In this study, Figure 4(d) indicated that Needle Stimulation A (thicker needle with deep insertion and equal reinforcing and reducing manipulation) could induce the skin temperature increase effect along meridians (Deqi), while stimulation B (thinner needle with subcutaneously insertion without equal reinforcing and reducing manipulation) could not induce temperature increase effect along meridians. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Previous clinical investigation showed that skin temperature on the acupoints region increased when patients felt a kind of heat sensation passing along meridians after needling some acupoints. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | The skin around the needled acupoints often turned to be red and hot which indicated that needling acupoint can induce skin temperature changes. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | discovered that there was a temporary reaction after needling acupoints instantly, manifested as dark thermal images which indicated the skin temperature decreased. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | The skin around the needled acupoints was flushed and skin temperature on the needled area increased soon afterwards. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | The area where skin temperature increased was much wider than the flushed area. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | So temperature on the thermal images can reflect the skin temperature of the body. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Many literature reported that acupuncture could regulate autonomic nerve activities by decreasing the activities of sympathetic function and manifested as vasodilatation, blood flow increase, and skin temperature increase, and so forth. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature Blood Flow | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | The simultaneous skin temperature increased on SP6 and SP10 only manifested on the right side which showed that there may be different sensitivity to skin temperature changes between left and right meridians. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Thus, in this study, we established cold congealing and dysmenorrhea rat model to observe Deqi, the skin temperature changes along spleen meridians by needling Acupoint SP6. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | So, the phenomena that the simultaneous skin temperature increased on SP6 and SP10 area along spleen meridian after needling SP6 was utilized to elucidate the characteristic of Deqi. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Different stimulation can induce different skin temperature changes on acupoints and exhibit different effect. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | The phenomena of skin temperature change along meridians can be used to illustrate Deqi of acupuncture. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | Most previous Deqi researches were performed on human beings; thus, Deqi phenomena (skin temperature changes along meridian) in this rat experiment study provide more evidence for animal experiment on acupuncture study and will be helpful for the further research on the therapeutic effect between Deqi and dysmenorrhea. | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | (a) Bar chart shows that skin temperature changes on left SP6 (Mean ± SD, n = 8). | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | (b) Bar chart shows that skin temperature changes on left SP10 (Mean ± SD, n = 8). | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | (c) Bar chart shows that skin temperature changes on right SP6 (Mean ± SD, n = 8). | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 24665334 | (d) Bar chart shows that skin temperature changes on right SP10 (Mean ± SD, n = 8). | Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:595963. doi: 10.1155/2014/595963. Epub 2014 Feb 10. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 25206919 | Acupoint skin temperature was 43 ± 1°C under the same treatment schedule as the electroacupuncture. | Neural Regen Res. 2014 May 1;9(9):968-72. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.133148. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |
| 29623933 | Mox increases local skin temperature, which might be part of the mechanism through which Mox therapy works. | Neural Regen Res. 2018 Mar;13(3):477-483. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.228731. | Skin Temperature | Mechanism |







