The Coordinating group had estimated the elinical effect of acupunctureanesthesia for thyroidectomy. The predicting work had been done by differentmeans

such as differentiating of symptomes and signs according to Chinese me-dical theories

observing the trasmission of needling sensation along the channels

measuring pain by manipulating the needles and pain threshold by spring sticks

and by infiltrating k

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into the body skin

testing the skin temperature andwaves of the blood vessels.