Ipsi- and Contralateral Moxibustion Generate Similar Analgesic Effect on Inflammatory Pain

The aim of this study was to investigate whether contralateral moxibustion would generate a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion. Contra- and ipsilateral moxibustion were separately applied to Zusanli (ST36) acupoints of inflammatory pain mice. The analgesic effect was evaluated, re...

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Veröffentlicht in:Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2019-01, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Yu, Shu-guang, Yin, Hai-Yan, Luo, Ling, Wu, Qiaofeng, Zhou, Wei, Lei, Ru-Xue, Zhang, Cheng-Shun, Lv, Peng, Zuo, Chuan-Yi, Tang, Yong
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to investigate whether contralateral moxibustion would generate a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion. Contra- and ipsilateral moxibustion were separately applied to Zusanli (ST36) acupoints of inflammatory pain mice. The analgesic effect was evaluated, respectively, by licking/biting time (LBT) of formalin-induced inflammatory pain and thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) of complete Freund’s adjuvant- (CFA-) induced inflammatory pain. For formalin-induced pain, compared with formalin group, the total LBT of ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion reduced in both phase I and phase II, but there was no significant difference between ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion. For CFA-induced inflammatory pain, compared with CFA group, TWL of ipsi- and contra-Moxi groups increased immediately after moxibustion intervention; however there was no obvious difference between ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion at any timepoint. It indicated that contralateral moxibustion had a similar analgesic effect with ipsilateral moxibustion in both formalin- and CFA-induced pain. These results suggest that both ipsi- and contralateral moxibustion could be applied for pain relief.
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2019/1807287