Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 1999 Sep-Oct; (5): 14-7.

[The effect of pharmacopuncture on the blood biochemical indices of patients with tunnel syndromes of the hands]

Belitskaia RA, Vasilenko GF, Krasnova LB, Popkova EV, Chuzavkova EA, Agasarov LG.

Concentrations of serotonin, beta-endorphine, myoglobin, basic myelin protein were measured in blood of patients with tunnel hand syndromes treated by actovegin or physiological solution pharmacopuncture and acupuncture to the same acupuncture points (AP). The above biochemical indices showed similar changes in pharmacopuncture with actovegin and the solution. These changes were different in acupuncture. This indicates specificity of AP stimulation by introduction of fluid, but not specificity of drug effects.