Effects of Warm Needling on the Concentrations of Plasma Postaglandin E_2 in the Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis[J]. Acupuncture research, 1997, (4): 280-282.
Effects of Warm Needling on the Concentrations of Plasma Postaglandin E_2 in the Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis[J]. Acupuncture research, 1997, (4): 280-282.DOI:
The changes of the concentration of plasma postaglandin E2(PGE2) in 16 patients with rheuma-toid arthritis before ancl after warrn needling were observed in order to investigate the modulation mechanism of PGE2 on immunological function and the therapeutic effects of warm needling. The re-suits showed that there was a significant difference between pre- and post- treatment. The total effec-ti ve rate was 87. 5 %. The findings suggested that the concentrations of plasma PGE2 increased after warm needling and that PGE2 was involved in n1odulation of cellular immunological function mediated by T cells and in the analgetic modulation.