Susan Samueli Center

For Integrative Medicine

Presents

Peng Li, MD LAc

Researcher, Dept. of Medicine, UCI

Vice chairman of the National Key Lab of Medical Neuroscience

Chairman, Department of Physiology, Shanghai Medical University

"Why acupuncture can be used to treat different diseases: It's
mechanisms and clinical applications"

· The history of acupuncture anesthesia
· The role and mechanism of acupuncture analgesia, including
the afferent fibers activated by acupuncture, and the
neurotransmitters and cerebral neural loop for acupuncture analgesia.

· The role of acupuncture treatment for gastrointestinal
diseases and vomit, urinary disease and asthma.
· How a better understanding of the role and mechanisms of
acupuncture can improve clinical treatment.



Thursday, October 7th, 2004

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Hitachi Conference Room, Plumwood House, UCI Campus

1003 Health Sciences Road West

(Across from Irvine Hall, UCI College of Medicine)

Health Sciences Road is off Bison, please park in lot 83

This talk and opportunity for discussion is part of a monthly series
offered by the Susan Samueli Center for
Integrative Medicine. For additional info, please log on to
http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/com/samueli or

contact Heidi Barrett at hbarrett@....



UPCOMING LECTURES

Thursday, November 4, 2004

4:30-5:30 pm

David Baines MD, FACP

Director Alaska Family Practice

Assist. Clinical Prof. of Medicine University of Washington

"The Epidemic of Hypertension, Diabetes,

and Heart Disease in Native Americans

and Traditional Remedies for their Cure"

Co-Sponsored by the Cardiology Research Conference

Associates Conference Room

UCI Medical Center