Universal mechanisms of cardio- and vasoprotective action reflexology
AUTHORS : Radzievsky S.A. | Bobrovnitsky I.P. | Agasarov L.G. | Solodovnikova T.S. | Bokova I.A.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Federal State Budgetary Institution “RSC of Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology” of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow
YEAR : 2012
SUMMARY The review article analyzes the universal mechanisms of reflexotherapy action. In physiological and biochemical experiments on the whole organism,
isolated hearts and strips of resistive arteries of animals, it was shown that stimulation of acupuncture points by various physical factors increases the activity
of opioid, antioxidant and other stress-limiting systems, reduces the release of corticosterone into the blood during stress, and forms cyto- and cardio-protective
effects, preventing or limiting functional and structural hyperadrenal damage.