Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation

Pei-jing Rong; Jing-jun Zhao; Yu-Qing Li; Daniela Litscher; Shao-yuan Li; Ingrid Gaischek; Xu Zhai; Lu Wang; Man Luo; Gerhard Litscher

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Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation

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- Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation
- Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation
- 中国结合医学杂志（英文版） 2015年21卷第12期页码：887-894
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing,China
  2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Center Graz, Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz,Austria
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  These authors contributed equally to this article
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-015-2090-9
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- 纸质出版日期：2015，
  
  网络出版日期：2015-12-3，
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Rong, PJ., Zhao, JJ., Li, YQ. et al. Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 21, 887–894 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2090-9

Pei-jing Rong, Jing-jun Zhao, Yu-Qing Li, et al. Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2015,21(12):887-894.
Rong, PJ., Zhao, JJ., Li, YQ. et al. Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 21, 887–894 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2090-9 DOI：

Pei-jing Rong, Jing-jun Zhao, Yu-Qing Li, et al. Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research—A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2015,21(12):887-894. DOI： 10.1007/s11655-015-2090-9.

摘要

Treatment by auricular acupuncture has a long history. Ear-acupoint research has been advancing step by step in China and also in Europe. Auricles are rich in nerves

therefore a close relationship with different functions of the human body has been proved by the research teams of the two main authors of this article from China and Austria. In recent years

great progress has been made in the research of regulating human body functions through electroacupuncture at the auricular branch of the vagus nerve

which is part of auricular acupuncture therapy. It is well known that the auricular branch of the vagus nerve is the only peripheral pathway to the cerebral cortex. Studies of the Chinese team on hypertension

diabetes

epilepsy and depression have shown that the mechanism of auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may be comparable with cervical VNS in terms of pathways. Auricular VNS has a broad clinical application prospect.

Abstract

Treatment by auricular acupuncture has a long history. Ear-acupoint research has been advancing step by step in China and also in Europe. Auricles are rich in nerves

therefore a close relationship with different functions of the human body has been proved by the research teams of the two main authors of this article from China and Austria. In recent years

great progress has been made in the research of regulating human body functions through electroacupuncture at the auricular branch of the vagus nerve

diabetes

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auricular acupuncturebiomedical researchvagus nerve

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auricular acupuncturebiomedical researchvagus nerve

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