%0 Journal Article
%T Acupuncture of the Five Shu Acupoints in spleen meridian to lower blood uric acid level
%A Bao-Guo Sun
%A Jun Meng
%A Shi-Jun Zhang
%A Ting Xiang
%A Ze-Xiong Chen
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2014
%X The primary hyperuricemia is an unexplained hyperuricemia caused by a variety of factors including genetic background, age, and environment. Causes of hyperuricemia can be classified into three functional types: increased production of uric acid (overproduction type), decreased excretion of uric acid (underexcretion type), and mixed type. Clinically it may manifest as increased blood uric acid level, but may remain asymptomatic in some patients. It is often detected when the patients are presented due to gout attacks, metabolic diseases, and/or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. High blood uric acid level is closely correlated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases (1-4), which has aroused great attention in recent years. The mainstream treatment for this disease remains the drugs capable of promoting uric acid excretion and inhibiting uric acid synthesis. Typically long-term medication is required (5,6). Acupuncture has found to be an effective treatment for acute gout (7), while its role in lowering blood uric acid remains unclear. Metabolic disorder of uric acid is a manifestation of the body¡¯s poor absorption and excretion of substances. Based on the principle of ¡°spleen governing transportation and transformation¡±, hyperuricemia is a manifestation of the dysfunction of spleen in transportation, which results in the poor functioning of the meridians and Qi. A proper adjustment of the meridians and Qi will facilitate the recovery of the spleen¡¯s function in governing transportation and transformation. According to the Nine Needles and Twelve Source in Ling Shu, the meridians and Qi originate from the limb extremities and spread along the Five Shu Acupoints (Jing, Xing, Shu, Jing, and He) towards heart, during which their activities gradually increase. Thus, we found that acupuncture of the Five Shu Acupoints in spleen meridian can dredge the spleen meridians and Qi and thus lower the blood uric acid level, without being affected by the patients¡¯ inherent lifestyles
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