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[The current concepts of the humoral mechanisms of the analgetic and antipyretic actions of acupuncture (a review of the literature)]

Nezhentsev MV, Aleksandrov SI.

Needling triggers adaptive mechanisms, this feature determining a broad range of effects directed towards correction of disturbances in the homeostatic systems of the body. At present peripheral and central levels of response to needling are recognized. In a review of the published literature mechanisms are discussed of analgetic and antipyretic effects of acupuncture based on the latest findings in the field of neurochemistry.