The Characterization of Deqi during Moxibustion in Stroke Rats

The efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion is closely related to Deqi phenomenons, which are some subjective feelings. However, no one has reported the objective characterization of Deqi. Our preliminary research has found a phenomenon of tail temperature increasing (TTI) obviously in some stroke r...

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Autores principales: Lv, Zhimai, Liu, Zhongyong, Huang, Dandan, Chen, Rixin, Xie, Dingyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/140581
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author Lv, Zhimai
Liu, Zhongyong
Huang, Dandan
Chen, Rixin
Xie, Dingyi
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description The efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion is closely related to Deqi phenomenons, which are some subjective feelings. However, no one has reported the objective characterization of Deqi. Our preliminary research has found a phenomenon of tail temperature increasing (TTI) obviously in some stroke rats by suspended moxibustion at the acupoint dà zhuī (DU 14), which is similar to one characterization of Deqi during moxibustion that moxibustion heat is transferred from the original moxibustion acupoint to the other areas of the body. We wonder whether TTI is the objective indicator of Deqi characterization in animals. The present study showed that the stroke rat's recovery was also associated with TTI phenomenon. This suggests that TTI phenomenon is one objective characterization of the Deqi in stroke rats. Application of the TTI phenomenon contributes to explore the physiological mechanism of Deqi.
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spelling pubmed-37818432013-11-05 The Characterization of Deqi during Moxibustion in Stroke Rats Lv, Zhimai Liu, Zhongyong Huang, Dandan Chen, Rixin Xie, Dingyi Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article The efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion is closely related to Deqi phenomenons, which are some subjective feelings. However, no one has reported the objective characterization of Deqi. Our preliminary research has found a phenomenon of tail temperature increasing (TTI) obviously in some stroke rats by suspended moxibustion at the acupoint dà zhuī (DU 14), which is similar to one characterization of Deqi during moxibustion that moxibustion heat is transferred from the original moxibustion acupoint to the other areas of the body. We wonder whether TTI is the objective indicator of Deqi characterization in animals. The present study showed that the stroke rat's recovery was also associated with TTI phenomenon. This suggests that TTI phenomenon is one objective characterization of the Deqi in stroke rats. Application of the TTI phenomenon contributes to explore the physiological mechanism of Deqi. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3781843/ /pubmed/24194777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/140581 Text en Copyright © 2013 Zhimai Lv et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed The Characterization of Deqi during Moxibustion in Stroke Rats
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title_sort characterization of deqi during moxibustion in stroke rats
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