NCT01339715

The Difference Between Acupuncture and Far-infrared Ray Illumination at CV12 Acupoint

From the Changes of Ryodoraku Value at 12 Source Acupoints, and Heart Rate Viability to Explain the Difference Between Acupuncture and Far-infrared Ray Illumination at CV12（Zhongwan）Acupoint

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes of Ryodoraku value at 12 source acupoints, and heart rate viability (HRV) when acupuncture or far-infrared ray illumination applied to CV12 acupoint.

Detailed description

Acupuncture and far-infrared ray illumination at CV12 acupoint have been widely used to treat many diseases in clinic. To our knowledge, the report is about the different reaction on autonomic nervous system between acupuncture and far-infrared illumination is very rare until now.Therefore,the study was to investigate the different changes on autonomic nervous system from Ryodoraku value at 12 source acupoints and heart rate viability (HRV) when acupuncture or far-infrared ray illumination applied to CV12 acupoint.

Conditions

• Reaction of Autonomic Nervous System
• Reaction of Acupuncture
• Reaction of Far Infrared Ray

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	acupuncture and far-infrared ray	During experimental phase,inserting the needle of acupuncture into CV12 acupoint or using far-infrared ray to illuminate on CV12 20 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2011-04-21
• Last updated: 2012-07-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan