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COVID-19 Pandemic and Traditional Chinese Medicines
Published in Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, Muhammad Riaz, Sagheer Ahmed, Marius Alexandru Moga, The Covid-19 Pandemic, 2023
Roheena Abdullah, Ayesha Toor, Hina Qaiser, Afshan Kaleem, Mehwish Iqtedar, Tehreema Iftikhar, Muhammad Riaz, Dou Deqiang
Moxibustion technique is the activity of burning moxa, mugwort root made from a dried spongy herb ‘Artemesia vulgaris’ near the skin. Moxa, on burning, produces large amount of smoke and pungent odor along with heat that warms and invigorate blood. Resultantly, it increases qi flow in meridians.
Low Back Pain
Published in Benjamin Apichai, Chinese Medicine for Lower Body Pain, 2021
Moxibustion Treatment Warming needling techniques on UB23 腎俞 Shenshu, UB25 大腸 Dachangshu.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Treatment Techniques for COVID-19
Published in Wenguang Xia, Xiaolin Huang, Rehabilitation from COVID-19, 2021
Moxibustion should not be performed if the patient has solid heat syndrome and displays high fever, thirst, red face, constipation, urine yellow, etc. Moxibustion should not be performed if the patient has syndrome of yin deficiency fever and displays hot flushes, night sweats, dry mouth, dry throat, thirst, a small amount of yellow urine, dry stools, etc. Moxibustion should also not be performed on patients who have been diagnosed with hypertensive crisis, advanced tuberculosis, organic heart disease with cardiac insufficiency, schizophrenia, scarlet fever, measles, erysipelas, infectious skin diseases, etc.
Effects and safety of fire needle adjuvant chemical peels therapy in acne vulgaris: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2023
Jianfeng Zhang, Peng Lin, Chenqi Guo, Cong Ma, Yiting Liu, Yingdong Wang, Yu Zhang
In the TCM theory, the heat accumulation in Fei (Lung) and Wei (Stomach), blood stasis, dampness and emotional disorder are etiologic and pathogenic factors for acne (45). Fire needle therapy can achieve the functions of both acupuncture and moxibustion (46). On the one hand, acupuncture stimulation can enhance qi and blood circulation to stimulate healthy qi generation. Abundant healthy qi exerts a critical function in eliminating the harmful conditions of AV. On the other hand, the warm stimulation of moxibustion plays the roles of drawing out poison and purging heat, thus achieving the purposes of Qingre Qushi and Quxie Jiedu (47). According to basic experimental studies, fire needle therapy can enhance the repair ability of local skin lesions, and its mechanism may be related to enhancing the function of phagocytes. Moreover, it can also accelerate the healing of damaged wounds by stimulating the release of various growth factors such as VEGF in the body (48,49). Therefore, fire needle adjuvant chemical peels therapy is an advisable treatment option.
Warm acupuncture therapy alleviates neuronal apoptosis after spinal cord injury via inhibition of the ERK signaling pathway
Published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023
Li-Li-Qiang Ding, Song-Feng Hu, Xing-Wei He, Peng Zhang, Fen-Fen Zhao, Li-Hong Cheng, Bing-Lin Huang, Ting-Ping Liu, Qin Zhang, Fan He, Sha-Sha Hu, Ya-Jing Zhang, Ying Yu, Peng Xiong, Chang-Kang Wang
Although alternative complementary medicine acupuncture and moxibustion have been used to treat SCI in clinical, the underlying mechanism is unclear. Acupuncture is a therapy method of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used to treat and prevent diseases by penetrating the needles to stimulate certain special places (acupoints) on the body. Moxibustion is also a therapy of TCM through applying burning moxa to stimulate the human body surface, which is always combined with acupuncture to promote a curative effect. Warm acupuncture (WA) therapy is the combination therapy of acupuncture and moxibustion that burn moxa to stimulate the acupoints that have been penetrated with the needles in order to promote the therapeutic effect. Electroacupuncture is another way to promote the therapeutic effect of acupuncture by connecting save pulse voltage to the needle handle. Studies showed that electroacupuncture combined with moxibustion could promote the proliferation of nerve cells and accelerate the improvement of motor function in SCI.11,12 Another study has demonstrated that electroacupuncture diminishes the brain neuronal apoptosis of ischemic stroke rats through the intervention of the ERK/JNK/p38 signal pathway.13 However, the effect and mechanism of the WA therapy are rarely studied.
Acupuncture combined with moxibustion promote the recovery of spinal cord injury in correlation with Shh/Gli-1 signaling pathway
Published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022
Li-Li-Qiang Ding, Song-Feng Hu, Xing-Wei He, Peng Zhang, Fen-Fen Zhao, Ting-Ping Liu, Qin Zhang, Fan He, Ying Yu, Peng Xiong, Chang-Kang Wang
Acupuncture and moxibustion have been widely used in clinical practice as an alternative complementary medicine. According to the traditional Chinese medicine theory of Zang-fu organs and meridians, the pathological change of SCI could be explained by “Governor Vessel” injury.12 “Governor Vessel” is a circulation meridian in the back that position is coincides with spinal cord. Therefore we chose the acupoints located in “Governor Vessel” such as Dazhui (GV14) and Jiaji points (T7-T12) and Yaoyangguan (GV3) to promote the recovery of meridian function. Zusanli (ST36) and Ciliao (BL32) could promote the blood circulation and muscle function recovery. Acupuncture is the use of needle stab into skin to stimulate the acupoints, while moxibustion is the use of infrared light and heat generated by combustion of folium artemisiae argyi to stimulate the acupoints. Acupuncture and moxibustion can enhance the stimulation effect of each other. Generally, acupuncture and moxibustion are used together in clinic to obtain better curative effect.