针灸:本能的治愈医学

 医疗行为作为一种本能伴随于动物的整个生命过程中，而一切医学的起源最初也是本能医学。本文从生物进化的角度阐释针灸等体表刺激疗法的作用机制。体表形成的这些特殊结构与针灸为代表的刺激疗法密切相关：1）皮肤应激刺激能够诱发角质细胞等分泌糖皮质激素等多种内分泌物质，发挥广泛的生物学效应；2）皮肤的各种感觉传入能够激活控制疼痛信号的闸门，产生良好的镇痛作用；3）体表传入能够与内脏传入在神经系统的多个水平发生相互作用，触发对各功能系统的调节作用。

Acupuncture: Instinctive curing medical

Medicine originates from instinctive behavior and lives of animals are maintained by self-healing. We put forward the somatic stimulation as acupuncture from the perspective of biological evolution in that acupuncture is related to specific structures on the surface of human body:Skin stressor may induce keratinocytes to secrete glucocorticoid and other endocrine substances, to generate diffused bioeffects; Somatic inputs may stimulate pain control gate to produce analgesia; Somato-visceral afferents may integrate at different levels and activate multiple functional regulation.