The Moxibustion-Induced Thermal Transport Effect Between the Heart and Lung Meridians With Infrared Thermography.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

By comparing the differences in the thermal transport effect between the heart and lung meridians induced by moxibustion, this study aimed to investigate the specificity of site-to-site associations on the body surface between different meridians.

Methods

Eighty healthy participants were divided into the heart meridian intervention group and the lung meridian intervention group; moxibustion was performed at these two meridians, respectively. Baseline temperature and its change magnitude from baseline induced by moxibustion in 6 measuring sites of the heart and lung meridians were assessed by infrared thermography (IRT). Measuring sites included: Site 1 (Chize, LU5), Site 2 (midpoint of LU9 and LU5), Site 3 (Taiyuan, LU9), Site 4 (Shaohai, HT3), Site 5 (midpoint of

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9136163 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature