Could Acupuncture at the So-Called Forbidden Points be Harmful to the Health of Pregnant Wistar Rats?
| العنوان: | Could Acupuncture at the So-Called Forbidden Points be Harmful to the Health of Pregnant Wistar Rats? |
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| المؤلفون: | André Vilella Guerreiro da Silva, Gloria E. Mendes, Luiz Guilherme Cernaglia Aureliano de Lima, Mary Uchiyama Nakamura, José Antônio Cordeiro, João Bosco Guerreiro da Silva |
| المصدر: | Acupuncture in Medicine. 31:202-206 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Electroacupuncture, medicine.medical_treatment, Acupuncture Therapy, Physiology, Random Allocation, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Acupuncture, medicine, Animals, Rats, Wistar, Alanine aminotransferase, Creatinine, business.industry, Liver and kidney, Histopathological analysis, Lumbosacral Region, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Rats, 030205 complementary & alternative medicine, Surgery, Complementary and alternative medicine, chemistry, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Models, Animal, Pregnancy, Animal, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, Acupuncture Points |
| الوصف: | Aim This study is the second report from a single experiment planned to determine if acupuncture at LI4 and SP6, or at the sacral points, could produce any harm in the pregnancy outcome of Wistar rats, as has been hypothesised in traditional knowledge. Here, we observe if these points can be harmful to the health of pregnant Wistar rats. Methods A total of 48 pregnant Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: total control, where rats were left in cages without manipulation; anesthetised control, where rats were manipulated and anesthetised but did not receive electroacupuncture; and peripheral point and sacral point groups, where rats were anesthetised and received 6 sessions of electroacupuncture at 4 acupuncture points: LI4 and SP6, and BL27 and BL28, respectively. In the 19th day of pregnancy the rats were killed and examined. The primary endpoints were levels of glucose, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) creatinine and histological changes of liver and kidney. Results There were no differences between the levels of biochemical parameters. No differences were also seen regarding the histopathological analysis. Conclusions We found no evidence that acupuncture at the LI4, SP6 and sacral points could be harmful to the Wistar rat dams. |
| تدمد: | 1759-9873 0964-5284 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010246 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a50c7f8d328e02f65f98a4ce4c4385da https://doi.org/10.1136/acupmed-2012-010246 |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a50c7f8d328e02f65f98a4ce4c4385da |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17599873 09645284 |
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| DOI: | 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010246 |