运用脑功能成像开展针刺得气客观化研究的思路

Thinking Way of Objective Study on Essence of Needling Sensation by Cerebral Functional Imaging

得气,是针刺过程的一个独特现象。长期以来,针刺得气的描述多为一种主观化的感觉描述。关于得气实质的研究相对集中在其产生的物质基础方面。针刺得气可以定义为针刺干预人体经络后经过脑的整合时在脑部区域的针刺反应。进一步指出应结合脑功能成像技术和模式识别智能图像处理技术,开展针刺得气客观化研究。

Needling sensation, also called ＂DE QI＂ in TCM, is a special manifestation during needling. Traditionally, the needling sensation has been described by the subjective feeling of distension, soreness, numbness or pain, and its studies have been focused on the substance foundation of the production of needling sensation. Now the paper put forward that needling sensation is a kind of cerebral reaction under the state of integrating the needling signals, hence, its objective study should be combined with the cerebral functional imaging techniques and pattern recognition of intelligence imaging processing technique.