Effects of Acupuncture on Parasympathetic Nervous System: A Review of the Literature

침치료가 부교감신경계에 미치는 영향에 대한 문헌 고찰

  • Lee, Dong-Hua (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lim, Jin-Woong (Dept. of Pre-oriental Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Nam, Sang-Su (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Suk (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hoon (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이동화 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 임진웅 (경희대학교 한의과대학 한의예과) ;
  • 남상수 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 김용석 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 이상훈 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실)
  • Received : 2011.01.27
  • Accepted : 2011.02.08
  • Published : 2011.02.20

Abstract

Objectives : This review is to summarize and assess the effects of acupuncture on parasympathetic nervous system(PNS). Methods and Materials : We searched two electronic databases (CNKI, PubMed) for the articles published until Oct. 2010. The randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and uncontrolled clinical trials (UCTs) were considered to be reviewed. We selected four RCTs, seven UCTs and one article which conducted both RCT and UCT, and reviewed them. The quality of RCTs was also assessed with Cochrane criteria. Results : There were four RCTs which reported acupuncture enhanced PNS, and one RCT reported acupuncture reduced PNS. Four UCTs reported acupuncture enhanced PNS, three UCTs reported acupuncture reduced PNS and one UCT reported there was no remarkable change of PNS after acupuncture. Conclusions : Although the majority of reviewed articles showed acupuncture enhance PNS, it is hard to conclude clearly how acupuncture affects PNS due to insufficient quality of trials. Therefore, more trials with strict condition need to be conducted to obviously identify the effects of acupuncture on PNS.

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