Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector8143110.17816/kazmj81431Research ArticleAcupuncture as a component of traditional (popular) medicine. Advances and problemsIvanichevG. A.info@eco-vector.comKazan State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education150619977831651722909202129092021Copyright © 1997, Eco-Vector1997<p>Some results of the development of acupuncture as a practical field of medicine are given and some scientific problems challenging the investigators in this field are considered. The prospect of the study of physiologic features of meridians and acupunctural points by the adequate methods is emphasized. These methods permit to perform the registration and interaction of the afferent flow by the ways allowing to reveal small potentials of the effect of sensory fibers and to set them off from the background murmur.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив