Clinical therapeutic effect of drug-separated moxibustion on chronic diarrhea and its immunologic mechanisms.
In the present paper it was reported that 24 cases of ulcerative colitis and 23 cases of chronic colitis were treated by drug-separated moxibustion and the total effective rates were 95.83% and 95.65% respectively, which were markedly superior to that of western medicine group. Observation in 15 cases of ulcerative colitis showed that drug-separated moxibustion could inhibit humoral immunity and elevate cellular immune function. The therapy possibly regulated the abnormal ratio of T-lymphocyte subgroups and corrected the abnormal state of autoimmunity of patients, so that pathological changes of intestinal mucosa were corrected effectively.
Wu
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Shanghai Municipal Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridians.
Chen
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H
Hua
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Shi
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Zhang
L
L
Chen
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003092:Colitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens