Efficacy of suspended moxibustion in stroke rats is associated with a change in tail temperature  

作　　者：Rixin Chen Zhimai Lv Dangdang Huang Mingren Chen Fan Yi 

机构地区：[1]Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine [2]The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University [3]Gannan Medical University [4]Department of Health of Jiangxi Province

出　　处：《Neural Regeneration Research》2013年第12期1132-1138,共7页中国神经再生研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China,No.2009CB522902;the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81160453;the Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Fund of Health Department of Jiangxi Province,No.2011A008

摘　　要：Suspended moxibustion-produced heat can transfer from the acupoint to other sites of the body. The suspended moxibustion should be terminated when clinical propagated sensation disappears, because this implies that the quantity of moxibustion is sufficient. We wanted to investigate if this phenomenon also occurs in experimental animals. In the present study, a rat model of stroke was established and treated with suspended moxibustion at Dazhui （DU14）for 60 minutes. Results showed that the increase in tail temperature began at 15 minutes after suspended moxibustion and decreased gradually at 40 minutes. In addition, neurological function was significantly improved in stroke rats with tail temperature increase following suspended moxibustion, and this effect was associated with significantly reduced tumor necrosis factor a and interleukin 113 mRNA. However, there was no significant difference between 40- and 60-minute suspended moxibustion. The findings indicate that elevated tail temperature began to decrease at 40 minutes after suspended moxibustion, and further suspended moxibustion was not useful in the recovery of stroke rats.Suspended moxibustion-produced heat can transfer from the acupoint to other sites of the body. The suspended moxibustion should be terminated when clinical propagated sensation disappears, because this implies that the quantity of moxibustion is sufficient. We wanted to investigate if this phenomenon also occurs in experimental animals. In the present study, a rat model of stroke was established and treated with suspended moxibustion at Dazhui （DU14）for 60 minutes. Results showed that the increase in tail temperature began at 15 minutes after suspended moxibustion and decreased gradually at 40 minutes. In addition, neurological function was significantly improved in stroke rats with tail temperature increase following suspended moxibustion, and this effect was associated with significantly reduced tumor necrosis factor a and interleukin 113 mRNA. However, there was no significant difference between 40- and 60-minute suspended moxibustion. The findings indicate that elevated tail temperature began to decrease at 40 minutes after suspended moxibustion, and further suspended moxibustion was not useful in the recovery of stroke rats.

关 键 词：neural regeneration traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion suspendedmoxibustion STROKE tail temperature tumor necrosis factor-alpha interleukin-1 beta grants-supported paper NEUROREGENERATION 

分 类 号：R245.8[医药卫生—针灸推拿学]