Key result
fNIRS reliably monitors cerebral hemodynamics to evaluate non-drug traditional Chinese medicine.
Why the study?
Preliminary studies on the mechanisms of non-drug therapies of traditional Chinese medicine have increasingly used fNIRS, prompting an exploration of its applications and principles.
This review highlights the utility of fNIRS as a non-invasive tool to study the neurohemodynamic mechanisms underlying traditional Chinese medicine non-drug therapies.
Non-drug therapies of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, massage, tai chi chuan, and Baduanjin, have emerged as widespread interventions for the treatment of various diseases in clinical practice. In recent years, preliminary studies on the mechanisms of non-drug therapies of TCM have been mostly based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology. FNIRS is an innovative, non-invasive tool to monitor hemodynamic changes in the cerebral cortex. Our review included clinical research conducted over the last 10 years, establishing fNIRS as a reliable and stable neuroimaging technique. This review explores new applications of this technology in the field of neuroscience. First, we summarize the working principles of fNIRS. We then present preventive research on the use of fNIRS in healthy individuals and therapeutic research on patients undergoing non-drug therapies of TCM. Finally, we emphasize the potential for encouraging future advancements in fNIRS studies to establish a theoretical framework for research in related fields.
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Fu et al. (2024) conducted a review in Various conditions and healthy individuals. Non-drug therapies of traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture, massage, tai chi chuan, Baduanjin) was evaluated. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy serves as a reliable neuroimaging tool to monitor cerebral hemodynamic changes and investigate the brain mechanisms underlying non-drug therapies of traditional Chinese medicine.
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