The Effect of Lifting-and-Thrusting Laser Acupuncture on Electrodermal Activity of Acupoints, Pulse Characteristics, and Brainwave

Author:

Lan Kun-Chan1,Lee Chang-Yin234,Kuo Kai-Yuan1,Wang Chih-Yu5ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

2. The School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

3. Department of Chinese Medicine, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

4. Department of Chinese Medicine, E-DA Cancer Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Abstract

Acupuncture has been shown as an effective traditional Chinese medicine treatment method, especially for pain relief. Recently, laser acupuncture is becoming increasingly popular, thanks to its noninvasive and painless nature and effectiveness in treating diseases, proven by many studies (for example, some previous studies showed that low-power laser stimulation is able to increase the power of alpha rhythms and theta waves). In our prior work, we developed a novel laser acupuncture model that emulates lifting-and-thrusting operation commonly used in traditional needle acupuncture and showed its benefit in improving cardiac output and peripheral circulation. By extending our previous studies, in this work, we perform extensive experiments to understand the effect of such a system on electrodermal activity (EDA) of acupoints, pulse characteristics, and brainwave, to further verify its efficacy. In particular, we found that laser stimulation could cause significant changes in EDA of acupoints, pulse amplitude, pulse-rate-variability (PRV), and acupoint conductance, as a function of laser power and stimulation time. In addition, laser acupuncture with the lifting-and-thrusting operation has more significant effect on increasing the power of alpha and theta frequency bands as compared to laser acupuncture without the lifting-and-thrusting operation. Finally, given sufficient stimulation time (e.g., > 20 min), the performance of a low-powered laser acupuncture with the lifting-and-thrusting operation could be comparable to that of traditional needle acupuncture.

Funder

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine

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