Purines and their derivatives, most notably adenosine and ATP, are the key molecules
controlling intracellular energy homoeostasis and nucleotide synthesis. Besides, these purines …

Background: Acupuncture is commonly used to treat migraine. We assessed the efficacy of
acupuncture at migraine-specific acupuncture points compared with other acupuncture points …

AIM: To investigate the effect of moxibustion on intestinal flora and release of interleukin-12 (IL-12)
and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) from the colon in rat with ulcerative colitis (UC). …

This review summarizes experimental evidence indicating that purinergic mechanisms are
causally involved in acupuncture (AP)-induced analgesia. Electroacupuncture (EAP) and …

Background Bell's palsy involves acute facial paralysis due to inflammation of the facial nerve.
Acupuncture and moxibustion (acu-moxi) is beneficial in treating facial palsy. In order to …

Background: Probiotic and low fermentable oligosaccharide, disaccharide, monosaccharide,
and polyol (FODMAP) diet are two commonly used management approaches for patients …

Background Chronic pain (CP) patients tend to represent aberrant functional brain activity.
Acupuncture is an effective clinical treatment for CP, and some fMRI studies were conducted …

Although referred pain or hypersensitivity has been repeatedly reported in irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS) patients and experimental colitis rodents, little is known about the neural …

Neuroimaging studies on brain responses to acupuncture stimulations have received
considerable attention recently. The majority of these studies are centered on healthy controls (HC…

Aim. To investigate the relationship between the effects of electroacupuncture/moxibustion
and the balance of Th17/Treg in treating ulcerative colitis (UC) and to preliminary compare …