Research progress on analgesic mechanism and application of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation
LI Yingsi1 FANG Juan1▲ CHEN Caiyi2 JIANG Jinguang3 WANG Meng3
1.Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Suqian Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jiangsu Province, Suqian 223800, China;
2.College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350122, China;
3.Department of Proctology, Suqian Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jiangsu Province, Suqian 223800, China
Abstract：Pain is a kind of unpleasant feeling and emotional experience, which seriously harms the physical and mental health of patients. The effectiveness and scientific nature of acupuncture analgesia have been proved by many studies. As a means of acupuncture analgesia, transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) has become a hot spot in the field of acupuncture in recent years. TEAS can reduce pain sensitivity by activating the pain inhibition mechanism and promote the release of endogenous opioid peptides to exert analgesic effect, which can significantly improve pain and associated symptoms in patients. TEAS are widely used for a variety of acute and chronic pain, such as postoperative acute pain, chronic pain, cancer pain, etc. In this paper, the analgesic mechanism and clinical application of TEAS are reviewed in recent years, in order to provide reference for clinical analgesia of TEAS.
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