Moxibustion：its outlook in the intestinal flora and mucosal immunity for regulation of irritable bowel syndrome
10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.02.024
- VernacularTitle:艾灸疗法:在调节肠易激综合征肠道菌群与黏膜免疫中的展望
- Author:
Jimeng ZHAO
;
Yan HUANG
;
Chuanzi DOU
;
Shuoshuo WANG
;
Xiaomei WANG
;
Yinhe LI
;
Chunhui BAO
;
Cili ZHOU
;
Zhijun WENG
;
Yuan LU
;
Huangan WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Moxibustion;
Irritable Bowel Syndrome;
Immunity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
2015;(2):289-293
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The interaction and mutual influence of intestinal flora in the host intestine with mucosal immune barrier play an important role in the homeostasis regulation within the intestine. OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of intestinal flora in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome and the mechanism of moxibustion in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome from the aspects of intestinal flora imbalance and mucosal immune activation. METHODS:With the key words of “irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal flora, intestinal immune, moxibustion” in Chinese and in English, respectively, a computer-based search was performed for articles published in CNKI, VIP and PubMed databases from October 2001 to October 2014. After the initial screening, the reserved articles were further detailed, summarized and concluded. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Totaly 37 articles were colected, including 15 in Chinese and 22 in English. The analysis results showed that, the imbalance of intestinal flora and mucosal immune can play an important role in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome, and the former one can affect the body’s feeling of rectal distension threshold and visceral sensitivity. Moxibustion excels at improvement of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, particularly abdominal pain with high visceral sensitivity, by regulating the body’s physiological balance from multi-link and multi-target aspects.
