The history of acupuncture anesthesia for pneumonectomy in Shanghai during the 1960s

The success of acupuncture anesthesia （AA） for pneumonectomy in Shanghai in 1960 was a key event for AA gaining practical clinical application. The effort was a close collaboration between the Shanghai First Tuberculosis Hospital and the Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. One of the most important factors of AA success was the great financial and political support provided by the Chinese central government and Shanghai local government. In December 1965 the State Science and Technology Commission of China issued a formal document acknowledging AA as an important first-leve national achievement of the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, and a collaborative effort of the whole scientific community in China. AA was an important influential factor that helped acupuncture spread across the world.

Acupuncture Anesthesia in China:Retrospect and Prospect

Acupuncture treatment is a great creation of ancient physicians in China, and acupuncture analgesia is the most influential therapy. After the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, the acupuncture analgesia of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine has obtained great development.

Meta analysis of application of acupuncture combined with drug anesthesia in anorectal surgery

Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined drug anesthesia and simple drug anesthesia in anorectal surgery.Methods:The randomized controlled trials of acupuncture combined with drug anesthesia was evaluated using Cochrane systematic review method.The search scope was China National Knowledge Internet,wanfang database,China Biomedical Literature,Pubmed and Embase.The deadline was December 31,2018.The randomized controlled trials of acupuncture combined with anesthesia that met the inclusion criteria were selected.In terms of trial quality evaluation,Cochrane risk bias was used for evaluation.Finally,RevMan 5.2 software was used for statistical analysis.Results:This study finally included 15 articles,a total of 1321 patients.The heterogeneity of significant rate was good,and the combined effect amount OR was 3.55(95%CI[2.06,6.12]).The combined effect quantitative test(Z=4.57,P<0.00001)showed that there was a statistical significance,indicating that acupuncture combined drug anesthesia was better than simple anesthesia in anorectal surgery.The heterogeneity of adverse reactions was good,and the combined effect test(Z=8.88,P<0.00001)showed that there was a statistical significance,indicating that the adverse reaction rate of acupuncture combined with drug anesthesia was lower than that of simple drug anesthesia in the anorectal surgery.Conclusion:Compared with simple drug anesthesia,acupuncture combined with drug anesthesia can improve the anesthesia effect and reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions in anorectal surgery.

Acupuncture Mechanisms: Anesthesia, Analgesia and Protection on Organ Functions

Acupuncture, as a healing art in traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used to treat various diseases. In the history of acupuncture anesthesia, in the past decades, mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia has been widely investigated, and in recent years, acupuncture protection on organ functions has attracted great interest. This review summarized the research progress on mechanisms of acupuncture for analgesia and its protection against organ function injury in anesthesia, and its perspective of analgesia, immunomodulation, neuroendocrine regulation and multiple organ protection. The current evidence supports that acupuncture analgesia and its organ protection in anesthesia is associated with the integration of neuroendocrine-immune networks in the level of neurotransmitters, cytokines, hormones, neuronal ensembles,lymphocytes, and endocrine cells. Although the mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia and its organ protection are still not completely understood, basic as well as clinic researches on the mechanisms and applications of acupuncture and related techniques are being carried out.

BRIEF REPORTSCOMBINED ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINAL ANESTHESIA FOR NEOLARYNX RECONSTRUCTION

30 cases of carcinoma of the larynx underwent neolarynx reconstruction under combined acupuncture and medicinal anesthesia from 1992 to 1994. Neoglottis was easily readjusted to an optimal degree for the patients in consciousness. An excellent rate of 76.7% of acupuncture anesthesia and a success rate of phonation of 100% were achieved. No complications occurred.