TY - JOUR T1 - Modeling and Simulation of the Interstitial Medium Deformation Induced by the Needle Manipulation During Acupuncture JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 4 SP - 850 EP - 867 PY - 2018 DA - 2018/04 SN - 18 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.101214.240515s UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/11052.html KW - AB -

In this paper, we study the effects of inserted needle on the subcutaneous interstitial flow. A goal is to describe the physical stress affecting cells during acupuncture treatment. The model consists of the convective Brinkman equations to describe the flow through a fibrous medium. Numerical studies in FreeFem++ are performed to illustrate the acute physical stress developed by the implantation of a needle that triggers the physiological reactions of acupuncture. We emphasize the importance of numerical experiments for advancing in modeling in acupuncture.