Acupuncture and gastric acid studies.
Sodipo JO, Falaiye JM.
The effects of therapeutic acupuncture on gastric acid secretion on pain relief in chronic duodenal ulcer patients were studied. Ten adult Nigerian patients with clinical,
endoscopic as well as radiological evidence of duodenal ulcer constituted the "Ulcer Group." Four other patients who gave history of dyspepsia formed the "Dyspeptic
Group." Pentagastrin stimulation test was performed on all subjects pre-and post-acupuncture therapy. The classical Chinese acupuncture loci were employed. The mean
Basal Acid Output (BAO) in the duodenal ulcer group was markedly reduced from 4.04 +/-1.01 mMols/ hour to 1.05 +/-2.5 mMols/ hour. The mean Maximal Acid Output
(MAO) was lowered from 34.72 +/-13.81 mMols/ hour to 15.34 +/-4.01 mMols/ hour. The difference was statistically significant (P less than 0.001). It is more probable,
therefore, that the relief of pain is attributable to the therapeutic inhibition of gastric hyperacidity in our patients. Thus, though pain relief has been previously demonstrated in
response to acupuncture, the results of this investigation have gone further to show that acupunture achieves symptomatic relief through therapeutic gastric depression in
duodenal ulcer patients.

Comparative studies of the effectiveness of brief psychotherapy, acupuncture and papaverin therapy in patients with irritable bowel syndrome by Kunze M; Seidel
HJ; Stube G.
[Comparative studies of the effectiveness of brief psychotherapy, acupuncture and papaverin therapy in patients with irritable bowel syndrome].
Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Innere Medizin und Ihre Grenzgebiete, 1990 Oct 15,
Pub type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial. (Requested library location( s) not linked. Try F PE .)
Abstract: At a comparison among 5 therapy methods the small psychotherapy with a success-rate of 74% is high-significantly more prosperous than the other examined
methods. The acupuncture with 31% long-term success is significantly superior to the pseudoacupuncture (17.2%). The papaverine therapy results in a long-lasting status free
of symptoms in 17.2% of the patients and is significantly different from the results of the papaverine-placebo-therapy (08). Distinct differences in the success-rates of the small
psychotherapy with different therapists prove the role of the personality and the perfection in mastering the methods with psychotherapeutic procedures. Comparable
differences between the examiners were not found among the effects of a spasmolytic therapy. 1.