Influence of surrounding acupuncture by cranial MRI location on blood rheology in apoplectic patients

Purpose: To study the function of surrounding acupuncture located by cranial MRI on apoplexy.Method: Forty cases of the patients diagnosed as cerebral infarction were divided into the group of surrounding acupuncture by MRI location and the group of traditional scalp acupuncture, 20 cases in each group, and were treated respectively with surrounding acupuneture by MRI location and traditional scalp acupuncture, to determine the indexes of blood rheology before and after treatments.Results: There was significant difference (P<0.01) in comparison of various indexes in blood rheology between the apoplectic patients and healthy adults of same age. In comparison before and after the treatments in the group of surrounding acupuncture by MRI location there was significant difference (P<0.01) in various indexes of blood rheology, except ESR and ESR equation K value. In comparison before and after the treatments in the group of traditional scalp acupuncture, there was significant difference (P<0.05) in various indexes of blood rheology, except ESR, sclerosis index and ESR equation K value.Conclusion: The findings indicate that blood becomes thick and flows slowly and resistance increases in blood flow in the apoplectic patients. The two kinds of the needling techniques have an improving function in various indexes of blood rheology in the apoplectic patients and surrounding acupuncture by MRI location was better than traditional scalp acupuncture in improving blood rheology. JIANG Gang-hui, associate professor, has mainly done the clinical study in treating diseases of brain and spinal cord with acupuncture. Translator: HUANG Guoqi