The clinical practice of TCM has showed that acupuncture has a specific effect
of relieving pains, and then it has been wide1y used in treatment of patients with
painful symptoms. Being based upon this, people also have observed that
acupuncture has not only immediate effect but also aftereffect in relieving pains.
In this study, a infiarnmatory-pain model was made in rats with acute adjuvant
arthritis. KuIilun point was selected and the traditional met...