Mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of depression and clinical analysis of progress.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 20 Mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of depression and clinical analysis of progress [Keywords:] Summary of Acupuncture Depression Depression is a common emotional barriers to continuing depressed state of mind, is characterized by anhedonia, often accompanied by sleep disorders, loss of appetite, loss of libido and other physical symptoms. As people live and work pressure increasing, the incidence of this disease rate is increasing year by year. Modern medicine for the disease is no effective treatment. The disease is medicine, “Melancholia” category. The clinical use of acupuncture treatment for depression achieve a satisfactory effect, and has fewer adverse reactions, easy-to-be patients, etc., so drawn wide attention. I In recent years, and now clinical studies on the mechanism are summarized below. 1 Mechanism 1.1 The field of neural and biochemical Han et al [1] used a mouse model of chronic stress of acupuncture on the activity of mice, after 3 weeks of chronic stress, the depression model mice, the number of horizontal and vertical motions significantly lower, indicating that the small reduce the loss of activity and excitement mice. Baihui by EA and 3 weeks after unilateral Sanyinjiao, mice the number of horizontal and vertical motions increased significantly, indicating that the improvement of depression in mice. Yu’s [2] with small rat forced swimming test method to analyze the degree of improvement in depression was found with the antidepressant effect of acupuncture and electroacupuncture combined with small dose of antidepressants after some further strengthen this effect. Lee et al [3] MRI (MRI) imaging to observe the power Baihui and Yintang of Chronic Stress brain morphology, and found that continuous electrical stimulation in mice caused by chronic stress can inhibit neuronal apoptosis, from the pathological morphological view of the acupuncture treatment of depression mechanism. Down [4