TITLE:
Regulation of Electroacupuncture on Gastric Myoelectrial Activities: Monitered by Electrogastrograms
AUTHORS:
Peng Cheng
KEYWORDS:
Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Gastric Disorder; Electrogastrograms; Gastric Myoelectrial Activity
JOURNAL NAME:
Engineering,
Vol.5 No.10B,
October
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: It is reported that acupuncture on some acupoints can
enhance the regularity of gastric myoelectrical activities, which can be
observed from the electrogastrograms (EEGs). In this paper, the
electroacupuncture (EA) treatments were performed on subjects
with slight gastric disorders and the EEGs were monitored in the meanwhile. The
EEGs features of baseline, during and after EA treatments were analyzed. The
results show that the EA treatments do enhance the regularity of EEGs.
And a highly possible pattern for EA to attain the enhancement is to regulate
the pacemaker quantity and propagation of slow waves rather than regulating the
amplitude of slow waves.