ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
The Effect of Moxibustion Stimulation on Local and Distal Skin Temperature in Healthy Subjects.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Efficacy and safety of community-based moxibustion for primary hypertension: A randomized controlled trial with patient preference arms.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Trial
- Moxibustion for treating cancer-related fatigue: A multicenter, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial.Cancer medicine · 2021Trial
- Effects of moxibustion aroma stimulation and lower-limb warm stimulation on blood pressure and cerebral hemodynamics: a pilot randomized trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis with Acupuncture Based on Pathophysiological.International journal of general medicine · 2024Review
- Numerical Simulation of Temperature Distribution during Mild Moxibustion.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Study on the Multitarget Mechanism and Active Compounds of Essential Oil fromEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- A Comparison Study of the Effect on IBS-D Rats among Ginger-Partitioned Moxibustion, Mild Moxibustion, and Laser Moxibustion.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Intrarater and Interrater Reliability of Infrared Image Analysis of Forearm Acupoints before and after Moxibustion.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the response of local and distal skin temperature to moxibustion stimulation (MS) and explore the effects of MS on sympathetic nerve activity. The distal skin temperatures of fingertips, as an indicator for sympathetic reflex response, were recorded using infrared camera during resting period (10 min), MS period (10 min), and natural cooling period (15 min), respectively. The MS without ash cleaning (AC) was applied to acupoints Quze (PC3) (Group I) and Lao Gong (PC8) (Group II), respectively. In Group III, the MS with the operation of AC was performed on PC8. The temperature responses of the local stimulation points and corresponding control points were also investigated. At the beginning of MS period, a significant increase of temperature on the stimulation point accompanied by a simultaneous reduction of temperature on fingertips was observed. A marked negative correlation was also obtained between temperature changes in the stimulation point and in the fingertips. At the end of natural cooling period (
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