ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
Ipsi- and Contralateral Moxibustion Generate Similar Analgesic Effect on Inflammatory Pain.
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- Understanding factors influencing the adoption of moxibustion techniques by the population: an extended study based on the UTAUT model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Purinergic ATP triggers moxibustion-induced local anti-nociceptive effect on inflammatory pain model.Purinergic signalling · 2023Article
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of acupuncture at ST36: a coordinate-based meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Opposing and Operated Side Electroacupuncture Generates Similar Analgesic Effects on Pain after Knee Surgery.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
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- The Combinatorial Effect of Cisplatin and Moxibustion on Tumor Growth Inhibition with Special Reference to Modulation of the Immune Microenvironment in Lewis Lung Cancer Mice.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain and Its Regulatory Elements SIRT1 and SIRT3 Play Important Role in the Initial Process of Energy Conversion after Moxibustion at Local Skin.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Effect of Moxibustion Combined With Cisplatin on Tumor Microenvironment Hypoxia and Vascular Normalization in Lewis Lung Cancer Mice.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether contralateral moxibustion would generate a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion. Contra- and ipsilateral moxibustion were separately applied to Zusanli (ST36) acupoints of inflammatory pain mice. The analgesic effect was evaluated, respectively, by licking/biting time (LBT) of formalin-induced inflammatory pain and thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) of complete Freund's adjuvant- (CFA-) induced inflammatory pain. For formalin-induced pain, compared with formalin group, the total LBT of ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion reduced in both phase I and phase II, but there was no significant difference between ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion. For CFA-induced inflammatory pain, compared with CFA group, TWL of ipsi- and contra-Moxi groups increased immediately after moxibustion intervention; however there was no obvious difference between ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion at any timepoint. It indicated that contralateral moxibustion had a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion in both formalin- and CFA-induced pain. These results suggest that both ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion could be applied for pain relief.
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