title: Clinical therapeutic effect of drug-separated moxibustion on chronic diarrhea and its immunologic mechanisms.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Municipal Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridians.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens