針灸是中醫常用的治療方法。 針灸的侵入性和疼痛性質使無痛雷射針灸更加普及。現有研究表明，雷射針灸可有效治療疾病。在本研究中選擇雷射針灸作為實驗方法。許多研究也表明，脈搏特徵和穴道電阻可用於疾病診斷。但是，尚無研究觀察激光針灸後脈搏和穴道電阻的變化。因此，為了想知道雷射針灸是否可能具有與針刺針灸相同的效果，研究中透過實驗觀察了雷射針灸後穴道電阻和脈搏的變化。其結果可能會提供一些間接的見解，以了解雷射針灸對疾病的影響。在實驗中，使用GSR傳感器測量穴道電阻。 PPG傳感器用於測量脈搏數據。使用App測量實驗數據並將其上傳到雲端。實驗結果表明，進行越高功率且無提插功能的激光針灸後，脈衝和穴道電阻的變化越大。但該變化小於進行針刺針灸後的變化。當增加具提插功能的雷射針灸時間後，脈搏和穴道阻力變化更大。此時這些脈搏和穴道電阻的變化可能大於針刺針灸後的變化。因此，增加具提插功能雷射針灸的持續時間時，雷射針灸是有可能達到針刺針灸的效果的。

Acupuncture is a commonly used treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. The invasive and painful nature of acupuncture has made painless laser acupuncture more popular. Existing research shows that laser acupuncture is effective in treating disease. In this work, laser acupuncture was selected as the experimental method. Many studies have also shown that pulse characteristics and acupoint resistance are used for disease diagnosis. However, there has been no research observing the changes in pulse characteristics and acupoint resistance after laser acupuncture. Thus, in this work, changes in skin resistance and pulse characteristics after laser resistance are experimentally observed in an effort to determine whether laser acupuncture might have the same effects as needle acupuncture. The results may provide some indirect insights into the effects of laser acupuncture on disease. In the experiment, GSR sensor was used to measure acupoint resistance. PPG sensor was used to measure pulse data, and a mobile app was used to measure the data and upload it to the cloud. The experimental results show a greater change in pulse characteristics and acupoint resistance after higher levels of power laser acupuncture without lift-and-thrust. The changes were smaller than the changes after needle acupuncture. When the duration of laser acupuncture with lift-and-thrust was increased, the pulse characteristics and acupoint resistance changed more. These changes in pulse characteristics and acupoint resistance may be greater than those obtained with needle acupuncture. Therefore, it is possible that laser acupuncture exceeds the effects of needle acupuncture by manipulation for a longer duration.
Keywords: acupoint conductivity, pulse, laser acupuncture, lift and thrust

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