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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2020

Typical ulcerative colitis treated by herbs-partitioned moxibustion: A case report.

Ya-Ying Lin, Ji-Meng Zhao, Ya-Jie Ji, Zhe Ma, Han-Dan Zheng, Yan Huang, Yun-Hua Cui, Yuan Lu, Huan-Gan Wu

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Article in World journal of clinical cases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Regulation of mild moxibustion on non-neuronal cholinergic system in ulcerative colitis rats.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025
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  6. Mitochondrial Control in Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  9. Moxibustion Inhibits the Expression of Colonic NLRP3 through miR7/RNF183/NF-Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ya-Ying LinShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Ji-Meng ZhaoShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Ya-Jie JiSurgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Zhe MaShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Han-Dan ZhengShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Yan HuangShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Yun-Hua CuiShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Yuan LuShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
Huan-Gan WuShanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China. wuhuangan@126.com.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNYueyang Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUlcerative colitis (UC), also known as chronic nonspecific UC, is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by diffuse colonic mucosal inflammation. The incidence and prevalence of UC have risen markedly, and the disease seriously affects the quality of life of patients, and poses a great burden on the world health care infrastructure and economy. CASE SUMMARY: We present a 60-year-old man who had ulcerative colitis for more than 10 years, with recurrent abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea with mucopurulent stool. The treatments with sulfasalazine, mesalazine, and traditional Chinese medicine were not effective, and herbs-partitioned moxibustion (HPM) was then applied at "Zhongwan" (RN12), "Tianshu"(ST25), and "Qihai" (RN6) once a day for about 30 min, 3 times per week, for 6 mo.His main clinical symptoms of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea with mucopurulent stool gradually improved, and the mucosa had nearly healed, as observed under endoscopy by the 6

conclusionA series of symptoms of this UC patient significantly improved with the treatment of HPM.

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Case reportClinical efficacyComplementary and alternative therapyGastroenterologyHerbs-partitioned moxibustionUlcerative colitis

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