This study observed the local tissue homogenates in rabbits with third lumbar 
vertebral transverse foramen syndrome and explored the mechanism of 
acupotomylysis in local tissue revascularization. Thirty Japanese white rabbits 
were randomly divided into the following 5 groups of 6 rabbits each: normal, 
model, acupotomy, electroacupuncture (EA), and acupotomy-EA groups. All except 
the normal group were comprised of animal models of third lumbar vertebral 
transverse foramen syndrome prepared by embedding sponge in the left third 
lumbar transverse process. The rabbits in the acupotomy and EA groups underwent 
bilateral acupotomylysis intervention; those in the acupotomy-EA group underwent 
acupotomylysis and EA interventions. On the 28th day after modeling, the 
double-antibody ELISA was used to detect b-FGF and CD34 levels in the serum and 
homogenates of a muscle tissue sample from the left side of the third lumbar 
transverse process. The b-FGF levels in local muscle homogenates were 
significantly higher in the modeled rabbits than in the normal rabbits (P < 
0.01), and the CD34 levels in the modeled group were significantly lower than in 
the normal group (P < 0.01). The b-FGF and CD34 levels in the EA, acutopomy, and 
acutopomy-EA groups were significantly lower than those in the modeled group (P 
< 0.01); the CD34 levels were significantly higher in the acupotomy-EA group 
than in the model group (P < 0.05); and the differences among the EA, acupotomy, 
and acupotomy-EA groups were not significant (P > 0.05). In conclusion, 
acupotomylysis regulates the levels of b-FGF and CD34 levels in serum and muscle 
tissue as well as local tissue revascularization.