Electroacupuncture Ameliorates Acute Lung Injury through Promoting Gastrointestinal Motility in Rats with Acute Pancreatitis

Figure 5

Histopathological findings of pancreatic, lung, and small intestinal tissues observed by hematoxylin and eosin staining (pancreatic and lung tissues: light microscopy, ×100; small intestinal tissue: light microscopy, ×40): in the photos of small intestinal tissue, the damage of intestinal mucosa was significant, in the photos of lung tissue, pulmonary interstitial edema and infiltration of large quantity of inflammatory cells were found in the model group, while the situation was much lighter in the EA group; and in the photos of pancreatic tissue, infiltration of large quantity of inflammatory cells was found in the model group, while the situation was much lighter in the EA group.