太冲、合谷穴对脑缺血作用机制的研究进展

Mechanisms of Action of Taichong and Hegu Point on Brain Ischemia

随着生活水平的提高、社会老龄化的不断加快,缺血性脑血管病逐渐成为危害人类健康的疾病之一。人们不断寻求治疗脑缺血疾病的方法,太冲、合谷穴作为临床针灸常用的重要穴位,从多种途径治疗和改善缺血性脑血管病的病症,改善脑血流循环,促进血管再生;改善记忆及卒中后抑郁等症状。近年来太冲、合谷穴在传统医学和现代医学两方面的相关研究有了显著进展,为进一步治疗脑缺血疾病及改善预后提供了有力依据,使标准更加客观,结果更加可靠。重点对脑缺血疾病中脑血流、相关脑功能区以及脑卒中后抑郁症的影响和作用机制显现出越来越大的优势,但其更深入的临床机制仍处于探索阶段,需进一步研究和阐明。

With the improvement of living standards and the speedup of social aging, ischemie cerebro-vascular disease has become one of the diseases severely impairing the human health. Treatments of cerebral ischemia are increasingly explored. Taiehong and Hegu, as a crucial pair of acupoints, can treat and improve ischemic cerebral vascular disease symptoms throug various ways, and improve brain blood circulation and pro- mote blood vessel regeneration; improve memory and post-stroke depression. In recent years, the traditional medicine and modern medicine research with regards to the two aeupoints, has made significant progress, which provides a strong basis for the further treatment and improve prognosis of cerebral isehemia disease, making the standard more objective and the result more reliable. The current studies are mainly focusing on middle cerebral blood flow ,related brain regions and the influanee and mechanism of depression after stroke, but further clinical mechanisms are still under exploration.