EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE IN HEART AURICULAR POINT IN TWO INDEXES OF DIGITAL VOLUME PULSE IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

MIGUEL MIZRAIM SERRANO-MORALES; MARCIAL MEJÍA-GONZÁLEZ; MOISÉS SALVADOR CASTAÑEDA-RAMÍREZ; JOSÉ FEDERICO RIVAS-VILCHIS

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i4.36917

Authors

MIGUEL MIZRAIM SERRANO-MORALES Escuela de Medicina Natural Integrativa, Universidad Evangélica Nicaragüense Martin Luther King (UENIC MLKJr), Campus Mazorca Calpulli A.C., Ciudad de México, México.
MARCIAL MEJÍA-GONZÁLEZ Escuela de Medicina Natural Integrativa, Universidad Evangélica Nicaragüense Martin Luther King (UENIC MLKJr), Campus Mazorca Calpulli A.C., Ciudad de México, México.
MOISÉS SALVADOR CASTAÑEDA-RAMÍREZ Posgrado Especialización en Acupuntura y Fitoterapia, Unidad Iztapalapa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México.
JOSÉ FEDERICO RIVAS-VILCHIS Posgrado Especialización en Acupuntura y Fitoterapia, Unidad Iztapalapa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i4.36917

Keywords:

Heart auricular point, Reflection index, Stiffness index, Photoplethysmogram

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the changes in two indices derived from the digital volume pulse (DVP) elicited by acupuncture in auricular heart acupoint in healthy subjects.

Methods: Eighteen healthy subjects aged 26.22±2.98 years (mean±standard deviation) were assigned to receive auricular acupuncture in auricular heart acupoint in the right ear. The DVP was recorded by photoplethysmography. RIDVP was determined by the relative amplitudes of systolic and diastolic components of the DVP and SIDVP, by the relative timing of these components. Auricular acupoint heart was stimulated by manual acupuncture. The RIDVP and SIDVP indices were calculated for basal and post-acupuncture conditions.

Results: Both RIDVP (p=0.0375) and SIDVP (p=0.0063) were significantly decreased by acupuncture of the right auricular acupoint heart when comparing the pre- and post-acupuncture values.

Conclusions: These results indicate that manual acupuncture of auricular acupoint heart produces acute effects on vascular physiology. RIDVP and SIDVP indices can be used to assess and demonstrate a vasodilatory activity of auricular acupoint heart.

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Author Biographies

MARCIAL MEJÍA-GONZÁLEZ, Escuela de Medicina Natural Integrativa, Universidad Evangélica Nicaragüense Martin Luther King (UENIC MLKJr), Campus Mazorca Calpulli A.C., Ciudad de México, México.

Master in Sciences

Health Division, Mazorca Herbal. AC

MOISÉS SALVADOR CASTAÑEDA-RAMÍREZ, Posgrado Especialización en Acupuntura y Fitoterapia, Unidad Iztapalapa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México.

Bachelor in Biological Sciences

Medical student in Escuela de Medicina Natural Integrativa, Universidad Evangélica Nicaragüense Martin Luther King

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