Anesteziol Reanimatol. 1989 Jan-Feb; (1): 25-8.

[Pharmacologic stimulation of acupuncture points for postoperative analgesia]

Donchenko VS, Kiverov SV, VaÄchen V, Lants GI, Uramaev FR.

A method for postoperative analgesia is described on 200 patients operated on abdominal organs and anterior abdominal wall. The technique of pharmacological stimulation of acupuncture points was used. Placental suspension was used as a stimulator. The method is highly effective, simple in use and cheap. The use of reflex therapy technique ensures early postoperative activation of patients. The method does not affect adversely the functions of the patients' organs and systems and makes it possible to detect early signs of postoperative complications and identify and eliminate cases of addiction to narcotic analgesics, as it is possible to restrain from their use in the postoperative period.