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International Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ISSN: 2471-982X
Volume 4
March 26-28, 2018
Vienna, Austria
Pain Management 2018
Internal Medicine 2018
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Pain Management
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ain relief is a puzzle. Though no possible single theory
can clarify the mechanism for acupuncture analgesia,
acupuncture analgesia is the most acceptant treatment field
clinically and basically. In recent years, we have studied the
effect of acupuncture on inhibition of C-fiber reflex or RIII
reflex as a quantitative sensory test for acute pain or chronic
pain to investigate the mechanism of acupuncture analgesia.
Based on this methodology, we investigated homotopic and
heterotopic acupuncture mediated by gate of spinal level and
diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC) of supraspinal level.
Additionally, we studied influential factors as caffeine and
adenosine system and mechanism of glia-mast cell crosstalk on
acupuncture analgesia. Our research demonstrated acupuncture
is characterized by irreplaceable advantages but with limitations
on pain management.
Biography
Prof. Gao Xinyan has completed her PhD from China Academy of Chi-
nese Medical Sciences (CACMS), and postdoctoral studies from Baptist
University of Hongkong 2009 and Medical University of Graz 2011. She is
the director of Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture. She has
publishedmore than 30 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as
an editorial board for several peer reviewed journals. Her research has been
supported by National Natural Scientific Foundation of China for 4 times.
gaoxy@mail.cintcm.ac.cnAcupuncture Analgesia, Advantages and
Limitations
Xinyan Gao
Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China
Xinyan Gao, Int J Anesth Pain Med 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-982X-C1-001