气功麻醉机理初步探讨——外气镇痛效应的研究

A Preliminary Study on the Mechanism of Qigong Anaesthesia

目的:为探讨气功麻醉机理,首先设计实验初步观察外气对家兔、大鼠及在人体的镇痛效应。方法:用 WQ-9E 痛阈测量仪发生的缓慢递升直流电使钾离子透入家兔耳尖部皮肤致痛,以甩头阈为指标,又用同一仪器发生的直流电刺激鼠尾,以甩尾阈及头动阈为指标,观察气功师对动物发放外气时及停止放气后上述痛反应指标的变化;在人体亦用这仪器使钾离子透入颈部皮肤致痛,观察气功师对其发放外气时痛阈及耐痛阈是否提高;另在大鼠观察牙髓刺激诱发的皮层电位在外气作用下的变化。结果:在家兔及大鼠的行为学实验及大鼠电生理学实验均未证明外气的镇痛效应;在人体,外气对实验痛亦无明显影响,同体比较外气对实验痛的作用与手术时气功麻醉效果,未见二者之间有明显相关关系。结论:本实验结果不能令人满意;看来,气功麻醉机理仍需进行认真、仔细的探索。

Objective:To investigate the analgesic effect of “outgoing Qi”from Qigong performer for the further study of the mechanism of “Qigong anaesthesia”.Methods:The experiments were performed in 6 rabbits,the head-flick thresholds were measured after K^+ ionophoresis was administered to the skin of the ear tips.In 15 rats the tail-flick and head-move- ment thresholds were determined by direct current stimulation to the animals' tails.And in 11 subjects pain torlerance threshholds of neck skin were detected by K^+ ionophoresis method.Then the changes of the above pain threshold indexes were observed respectively before and after the discharge of “outgoing Qi” from the Qigong performer to the animals and men.Results:None of the indexes increased significantly during and after “outgoing Qi”treatment.The potentials e- yoked by the tooth-pulp stimulation recorded from the scalp in 11 rats showed no significant changes during and after “out- going Qi”treatment.In humans,the pain tolerance thresholds measured with K^+ ionophoresis method in 11 subjects did not increase significantly after “outgoing Qi”treatment,By autogenous contrast,no significant correlation between the effects of “outgoing Qi”on the experimental pain and the effectiveness of Qigong anaesthesia were found during surgical operations.Conclusions:The results might be considered negative;they are at variance with those reported by other au- thors in the literature.It is proposed that the problem shoud be cautiously studied further.