ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
Temperature and safety profiles of needle-warming techniques in acupuncture and moxibustion.
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- Moxibustion Promotes Formation of Granulation in Wound Healing Process through Induction of Transforming Growth Factor-β in Rats.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2020Article
- Moxibustion alleviates intervertebral disc degenerationAmerican journal of translational research · 2019Article
- P2X₇ receptor of rat dorsal root ganglia is involved in the effect of moxibustion on visceral hyperalgesia.Purinergic signalling · 2015Article
- How does moxibustion possibly work?Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
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Abstract
The needle-warming technique combines acupuncture and moxibustion, and it is commonly practised in China to relieve pain conditions. However, burning of moxa has many disadvantages. This study examined the temperature and safety profiles of such technique. First, skin temperature changes during needle-warming were examined in anesthetized animals to determine the safe distance for needle-warming moxibustion in human subjects. Then, the practical distance for needle-warming in human subjects were verified. Finally, the temperature profiles of the needle during needle-warming moxibustion were examined using an infrared camera. Our results show that during needle-warming moxibustion there is little heat being conducted into deep tissue via the shaft of the needle, and that the effective heating time to the acupoint is rather short compared to the period of moxibustion. These findings suggest that the needle-warming technique is an inefficient way of acupoint thermal stimulation and should be modified and improved using new technologies.
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