Effects of GB34 acupuncture on hyperventilation-induced carbon dioxide reactivity and cerebral blood flow velocity in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries of normal subjects.

CONCLUSIONS: GB34 acupuncture treatment increased CO2 reactivity specifically in the ipsilateral MCA, but had no effect on either the ACAs or the contralateral MCA. These data suggest that GB34 acupuncture treatment improves the vasodilatory potential of the cerebral vasculature to compensate for fluctuations caused by changes in external conditions and could potentially be useful for the treatment of disorders of the ipsilateral MCA circulation. PMID: 31412706 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31412706?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society - August 14, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Moon SK, Kwon S, Cho SY, Park SU, Jung WS, Park JM, Ko CN, Cho KH, Son JH Tags: Acupunct Med Source Type: research