'Acupuncture
and the Brain'
(Sourced from
'The Journal Of Chinese Medicine' January
1999.)
Research
carried out in Massachussets, USA, has
investigated the effects on the brain of
needling 'Hegu' L.I. 4 and 'Zusanli' ST-36,
using non-invasive Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (FMRI).
The point Hegu
was found not only to stimulate the 'hand'
associated areas of the brain, but also the
'face' areas.
In one subject
tested, the stimulation of the face area was
stronger than the face area.
(Functional
Mapping of human brain during acupuncture with
MRI Imaging Somatosensory Cortex Activation by
Hui Kathleen K.S., Liu Jing, Kwong Kenneth K. of
MGH-NMR Centre, Dep't of Radiology,
Massachussets General Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Charlestown, MA, USA., and East-West
Immune Institute, Winchester, MA,
USA.)
