title: [Design and application of a cone-shaped warming-acupuncture-moxibustion apparatus].
abstract: To design a warming acupuncture-moxibustion apparatus suitable to warming acupuncture therapy and easily attaching to the filiform needle handle. The apparatus consists of a container for moxa, a tray and regulative clips. The container for moxa is for store of moxa-wool without bottom and it can prevent moxa fire and ash from dropping and burning the skin of the patient or the clothes; the tray with holes on it can serve as a support of the moxa in the container, and can control the moxa burning and heat radiation; the clips can adjust the distance between the cone and the skin. With the advantages of handy material, easy installation, lower cost, and convenient operation, the apparatus is worthy of clinical application and popularization.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture-moxibustion & Massage, Henan College of TCM, Zhengzhou, China. doctian@sina.com
authors.forename: Kai-yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Xin-ji
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xi-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000295:instrumentation*