Thinking and Prospects of Ancient and Modern Researches on Moxibustion Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
10.11842/wst.2016.12.028
- VernacularTitle:艾灸治疗炎症性肠病的古代文献与现代研究的思考及展望
- Author:
Zhe MA
;
Hui ZHANG
;
Jing WANG
;
Eunhwa LEE
- Keywords:
Moxibustion;
inflammatory bowel disease;
traditional Chinese medicine;
basic research;
thinking
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;18(12):2188-2193
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
By means of searching the ancient and modern literature,this study mainly investigated the etiology and pathogenesis of IBD,summarized the rules of acupoint selection and the experimental mechanism of the moxibustion treatment for IBD,providing the basis and theoretical evidence of acupoint selection and moxibustion therapy for clinical practice and studies.Ancient literatures were retrieved in TCM database system,while modern literatures in Pubmed,CNKI and VIP database from January,2005 to January,2016.Finally,comprehensive analysis was implemented among the selected literatures.It was found that the pathogenesis of IBD was associated with exogenous evils,diet,emotion,and fatigue during chronic diseases in TCM.The treatments of acupuncture and moxibustion for IBD should consider both the primary symptoms and root causes by regulating functional activity of Zang and Fu and also warming and nourishing the spleen and stomach.On this basis,acupoint selection mainly focused on the stomach meridian with the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach,elevating clear qi and descending turbid,recovering the bowel function and strenthening the body and antidiarrhea.Modern research upon the scientific basis of TCM indicated that moxibustion stimulated the thermoreceptors around the acupoints leading to the increased degranulation of mast cells.Immune factors were impacted with the regulation of transcriptional activators in the bowel for repairing mucosal barrier and preventing intestinal fibrosis in IBD.In conclusion,moxibustion was effective on warming and nourishing spleen and stomach and regulating the function activity of bowel for the prevention and treatment of IBD.Achievements were made in the mechanism researches on IBD based on the TCM theory.However,some profound mechanisms need in-depth exploring.
