A statement of possibility of acupuncturing Shuigou improves neural function prognosis in patients after cardiac arrest / 中国中西医结合急救杂志

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the total cerebral ischemic injury after cardiac arrest (CA), the authors analyze how acupuncture improves neurological impairment and the prognosis after CA from the perspectives of traditional Chinese medicine theory and modern research achievements of acupuncture on Shuigou. It should take into consideration of three factors in both basic and clinical study: the time and link of intervention, mechanism, optimization of stimulating parameters in order to clear the direction of acupuncturing Shuigou improves the neural functional recovery after CA.