Physiological effects of auricular electropuncture
AUTHORS : Koroleva M.V. | Meysers E.E.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Institute of Reflexology of the Federal Scientific Clinical and Experimental
Center for Traditional Methods of Diagnostics and Treatment of Roszdrav, Moscow
YEAR : 2009
The paper investigates the effect of electrical stimulation with different frequencies of auricular points on the functional activity of the autonomic nervous
system (ANS). To assess changes in autonomic regulation, registration of heart rate variability was used. The study involved 36 apparently healthy volunteer subjects and 18 people suffering from overweight and obesity stage 1-2. It was found that auricular electropuncture with different frequencies has a different effect on the tone of the ANS. Electropunctural action with a frequency of 77 Hz causes a pronounced sympathotonic effect, and this effect does not depend on the point of
action. Electrical stimulation with a frequency of 10 Hz, when exposed to all tested auricular points, has a similar parasympathetic effect, however, depending on the
point of stimulation, the humoral contribution is more or less pronounced.