초록
This study was performed to evaluate the effect of acupuncture on gastric motility in dogs with radiography and ultrasonography. All experimental dogs were fed with the soup with barium (3% W/V), and thereafter gastric emptying time(GET) was measured with radiography and ultrasonography with Bolondi's method. The acupoints were CV-12, PC-6, ST-36 and BL-21 in this experiment. On these acupoints, electroacupunctral stimulation(15 MHz, continous wave) was applied for 20 minutes. The results were as follows: In the control group, normal GET was 70-85 minutes with ultrasonography, and 110-130 minutes with radiography. In acupuncture stimulation groups, there was no effect of gastric motility in CV-12, PC-6, and 57-36, whereas there was significant stimulating effect of gastric movement in BL-21 with ultrasonography (P < 0.05) and radiography (P < 0.01). Above these results, it is concluded that acupunctural stimulation of BL-21 was more effective in gastric motility compared to those of CV-l2, PC-6 and ST-36.
