Role of dermatomes in the determination of therapeutic characteristics of channel acupoints: a similarity-based analysis of data compiled from literature

Chinese Medicine
Arthur S Ferreira, Alexandre B Luiz

Abstract

Analysis of the relationship between the nervous system anatomy and the therapeutic characteristics of all acupuncture points in the channel network may provide new insights on the physiological mechanisms underlying acupuncture stimulation for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation purposes. This study investigates the association between the similarity of acupoints' dermatomes, traditional actions, and contemporary indications. CHANNEL ACUPOINTS HAD THEIR CHARACTERISTICS ANNOTATED FROM A LITERATURE REVIEW OF FOUR TOPOGRAPHIC ATLASES OF CHINESE MEDICINE AND ONE ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY: initials of the channel's name (n = 14), sequential number in the channel (n = 67), acupoint's name (n = 361), dermatomes related to perpendicular needle insertion (n = 31), traditional actions (n = 848), and contemporary indications (n = 1143). Jaccard's similarity coefficient quantified the similarities between dual acupoints. All dual acupoints were evaluated to generate similarity matrices for each nominal variable. Cross-tables were generated by simultaneous classification of variables into levels of similarity with respect to: dermatomes versus traditional actions, dermatomes versus contemporary indications, and traditional actions versu...Continue Reading

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