Disease relevance of Moxibustion

• The effects of moxibustion stimulation on picryl chloride-induced cutaneous contact hypersensitivity, a delayed type of hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction, were investigated in mice [1].
• According to the theories of acupuncture and moxibustion that puncturing Huatuojiaji can dredge channels, promote flow of qi, regulate yin and yang, and activate the Du Channel and the Urinary Bladder Channel, 300 cases of apoplexy were thus treated with good curative effects [2].

High impact information on Moxibustion

• Generation of acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine from the rat skin and muscle tissues stimulated by moxibustion [3].
• Platelet-activating factor was obtained from the rat skin and muscle tissues which were stimulated by moxibustion [3].
• In addition, another group of animals was pretreated with capsaicin (100 mg/kg, s.c.), in order to lesion C fibers and, 15 days later, subjected to indomethacin administration and moxibustion treatment [4].
• These results suggest that the metabolic turnover of serotonin release may be accentuated by moxibustion in a reward-related brain area [5].
• The expression of Bcl-2, Bax, fas and FasL in colonic epithelial cells in MC was higher than that in NC, and was markedly down- regulated by herbs-partition moxibustion or electro-acupuncture treatment [6].

Biological context of Moxibustion

• Moxibustion can efficiently prevent indomethacin-induced gastric lesions in rats and this effect is dependent on the temperature, the material used for moxibustion, the use of acupuncture points, and the integrity of C fibers [4].
• The intestinal peristalsis acceleration by vagostigmin was reduced significantly by both acupuncture and moxibustion, while the reduction of intestinal peristalsis by atropine was accelerated significantly [7].
• Percentage of cows that responded with ovulation and corpus luteum formation after moxibustion was 67 percent, slightly higher than those in cows treated with PGF2 alpha or ampicillin [8].

Anatomical context of Moxibustion

• The study was to investigate the effect of moxibustion on the serum IL-2, IL-12 levels and NK cell and ascitic tumor cell activities in H-22 mice with tumor and its mechanisms [9].
• We found that indirect moxibustion for 1 week could elevate CD3+ and CD4+ T-lymphocytes in normal subjects, whereas decrease relative proportions of CD8+ T-lymphocytes in patients with SLE [10].

Associations of Moxibustion with chemical compounds

• Moxibustion was significantly more efficient at 60 degrees C than at 45 degrees C in preventing gastric lesions triggered by indomethacin [4].
• Cardiovascular effects of moxibustion at Jen Chung (Go-26) during halothane anesthesia in dogs [11].
• Result indicates that the moxibustion could be used as the alternative to PGF2 alpha and antibiotics for treating delayed uterine involution in cows [8].
• No significant difference was observed in the uterine involution among the groups treated with moxibustion, PGF2 alpha or ampicillin [8].
• Similar responses were observed when propranolol was administered without moxibustion at Jen Chung (Go-26) [12].

Gene context of Moxibustion

• In humans at 2 hrs after the direct moxibustion, NK cell percentage decreased and CD4/CD8 ratio increased significantly [13].
• The different immunomodulation of indirect moxibustion on normal subjects and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [10].
• Plasma levels of aldosterone and atrial natriuretic peptide increased significantly after moxibustion at the meridian points BL-27 [14].
• Moreover, moxibustion at ST36 suppressed the production of NO and the protein expression of c-Fos and nNOS induced by arthritis [15].
• Therapeutic effect of needle warming through moxibustion at twelve shu points on rheumatoid arthritis [16].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Moxibustion

• The cardiovascular effects of two types of acupuncture, needling with twirling and moxibustion by electrocautery, at Jen Chung (Go-26) were studied in dogs with chronically implanted electromagnetic flowmeter probes, during 0.75% halothane anesthesia with a succinylcholine drip to allow controlled ventilation [17].

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