Difference in Moxibustion-Induced Microcirculatory Responses between the Heart and Lung Meridians Assessed by Laser Doppler Flowmetry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

By comparing the differences in microcirculatory responses of the heart and lung meridians induced by moxibustion on these two meridians, respectively, this study aimed to investigate the specificity for site-to-site association on body surface between different meridians.

Methods

Eighty healthy adults were enrolled and divided into the lung meridian intervention group and heart meridian intervention group in a ratio of 1 : 1. Three-channel laser Doppler flowmetry was used to monitor microcirculatory responses for the heart and lung meridians. Primary outcome was change of blood perfusion units (PU) of three measurement sites along the two meridians.

Results

In the lung meridian intervention group, following moxibustion performed at LU5 of the lung meridian,

SUBMITTER: Jiang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8032512 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature