Skin on GV01 acupoint in colonic inflammatory states: tenderness and neurogenic inflammation

J Physiol Sci. 2006 Aug;56(4):317-20. doi: 10.2170/physiolsci.SC001606. Epub 2006 Aug 17.

Abstract

GV01 is one of the most effective acupoints to treat diarrhea in humans and animals. The present study showed that skin on the GV01 acupoint reveals tenderness and neurogenic inflammation in colonic inflammatory states, but not in normal healthy states.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Points*
  • Animals
  • Colitis / diagnosis
  • Colitis / pathology*
  • Hypersensitivity*
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Neurogenic Inflammation / diagnosis*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*