Evaluation of the Effects of Acupuncture on Blood Flow in Humans with Ultrasound Color Doppler Imaging

Table 1

Hemodynamic parameters and blood flow volume of the radial and brachial arteries by acupuncture on LR3. The values represent the mean and SD. ^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus before acupuncture. Modified from [1].

Parameters	Acupuncture on LR3
	Before	During	30 s after	60 s after	180 s after
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	116.8±10.1				114.5±12.3
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	67.3±8.4				65.8±7.3
Heart rate (beats/min)	67.3±10.1	64.2±8.8	65.8±9.3	66.2±9.3	66.9±9.6
Blood flow volume of the radial artery (mL/min)	56.3±33.5	25.4±26.3	57.9±47.5	67.7±44.7	67.0±36.5
Blood flow volume of the brachial artery (mL/min)	87.5±56.4	65.7±41.6	86.8±53.7	90.1±51.5	106.5±59.8