Changes in Nitric Oxide Releases of the Contralateral Acupoint during and after Laser Acupuncture at Bilateral Same-Name Acupoints in Human

Figure 3

Changes of NO release at contralateral PC6 acupoints during LA treatment and recovery period. As described in Figure 2, due to the easy saturation of absorbance at 235 nm, the absorbance at 351 nm was used to quantify the levels of NO which can rapidly react with PTIO solution to produce . It can be clearly shown that the absorbance at contralateral PC6 (CPC6) did not change during LA PC6 compared with those of CPC6 control group, but significantly increased after LA removal. Additionally, the amount of NO from the air was significantly lower than that of the skin area.

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