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| Effect of Massage TongmaiTiaoQi on Reducing Plasma ET and 5-HT in Patients with Tension headache |
| Hits 1637 Download times 1808 Received:December 10, 2004 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2005.02.17 |
| Key Words
tension headache;Tongmai Tiaoqi massage;ET;5-HTResult |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | SUN Qing | The First Affiliated Hospital to Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | DONG Hua | The First Affiliated Hospital to Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | ZHANG Zhen-yu | The First Affiliated Hospital to Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China |
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| [Objective] Through the changes of the plasma ET and 5-HT observed in patients with tension headache the therapeutic mechanism of Tongmai TiaoQi promoting blood circulation and regulating Qi massage was explored. [Methods] The content of the plasma ET and 5-HT were determined before,after the first treatment and after the total treatment course in 150 cases with tension headache. All cases were treated for a treatment course 10 days with a massage once a day. [Results] Before the remedy there was a significant difference in plasma ET and 5-HT between the treatment and control group P<0.01. After the first remedy and after the course of treatment the patients’ ET and 5-HT were notably decreased P<0.01 when compared with those before treatment. [Conclusion] The mechanism of Tongmai Tiaoqi massage may be related to the reducing of the plasma ET and 5-HT. |
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