ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2004
A comparative study of the effects of electroacupuncture and moxibustion in the gastrointestinal motility of the rat.
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- Potential value of neuroimmunotherapy for COVID-19: efficacies and mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation, electroacupuncture, and cholinergic drugs.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Role of acupuncture in critically ill patients: A systematic review.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2023Review
- Moxibustion Regulates Gastrointestinal Motility via HCN1 in Functional Dyspepsia Rats.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
- Effects of Moxibustion on Stress-Induced Delayed Gastric Emptying via Somatoautonomic Reflex in Rats.Medical acupuncture · 2020Article
- Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion Improved Anxiety Behavior in DSS-Induced Colitis Mice.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2019Article
- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation Accelerates the Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function after Cesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Electroacupuncture combined with mosapride alleviates symptoms in diabetic patients with gastroparesis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017Article
- Electroacupuncture at Zusanli Prevents Severe Scalds-Induced Gut Ischemia and Paralysis by Activating the Cholinergic Pathway.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Effects of Different Local Moxibustion-Like Stimuli at Zusanli (ST36) and Zhongwan (CV12) on Gastric Motility and Its Underlying Receptor Mechanism.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Role of moxibustion in inflammatory responses during treatment of rat ulcerative colitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Article
- Somatosensory Nerve Fibers Mediated Generation of De-qi in Manual Acupuncture and Local Moxibustion-Like Stimuli-Modulated Gastric Motility in Rats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
- Changes of blood flow volume in the superior mesenteric artery and brachial artery with abdominal thermal stimulation.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- Evaluation of influence of acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for blood perfusion of stomach by laser Doppler blood perfusion imaging.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- Acupuncture at "Zusanli" (St.36) and "Sanyinjiao" (SP.6) Points on the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Study of the Bioavailability of (99m)Tc-Sodium Pertechnetate in Rats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- Gastrointestinal motility disorders and acupuncture.Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical · 2010Review
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Abstract
We compared the outcomes of the stimulation of specific sets of acupoints with either acupuncture or moxibustion over peristalsis. Twenty-five plastic beads were orally administered in the stomach of the rats and 90 min later animals were sacrificed, the stomach and small intestine were opened, and the number of beads remaining in each segment was counted. Forty rats were immobilized for 20 min and stimulated at either abdominal or hindlimbs acupoints, with either electroacupuncture or moxibustion. Under this restraint (stress) condition electroacupuncture at hindlimb points or moxibustion at abdominal points significantly enhanced gastric emptying (P < 0.02) as well as intestinal motility compared with animals subjected only to immobilization and not stimulated with electroacupuncture or moxibustion. We conclude that the effects of different acupoints and modes of stimulation (electrical vs. moxibustion) over gastrointestinal motility in rats subjected to restraint-induced stress is not uniform and discuss the different neural pathways underlying these differences.
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