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Effects of Moxibustion Stimulation on the Intensity of Infrared Radiation of Tianshu (ST25) Acupoints in Rats with Ulcerative Colitis

Table 1

Intensity of infrared radiation of ST25 and the control points in normal rats (mean ± SD).


WL (μm)		L-ST25	L-ST25-N	R-ST25	R-ST25-N

1.50	10	0.032 ± 0.027	0.041 ± 0.018	0.035 ± 0.024	0.031 ± 0.013
1.75	10	−0.002 ± 0.022	0.004 ± 0.027	0.001 ± 0.022	−0.005 ± 0.030
2.00	10	0.002 ± 0.025	−0.001 ± 0.023	−0.002 ± 0.024	−0.004 ± 0.027
2.25	10	−0.003 ± 0.021	0.008 ± 0.019	0.005 ± 0.020	0.007 ± 0.023
2.50	10	−0.003 ± 0.020	0.005 ± 0.025	0.005 ± 0.029	−0.003 ± 0.024
2.75	10	−0.004 ± 0.022	0.005 ± 0.023	0.001 ± 0.022	−0.002 ± 0.031
3.00	10	−0.006 ± 0.019	0.007 ± 0.034	0.002 ± 0.025	−0.002 ± 0.030
3.25	10	0.001 ± 0.019	0.007 ± 0.019	0.005 ± 0.023	0.004 ± 0.026
3.50	10	0.023 ± 0.020	0.035 ± 0.031	0.021 ± 0.028	0.028 ± 0.030
3.75	10	0.019 ± 0.029	0.025 ± 0.020	0.032 ± 0.031	0.036 ± 0.028
4.00	10	0.006 ± 0.023	0.031 ± 0.023^Δ	0.016 ± 0.015	0.024 ± 0.028
4.25	10	0.037 ± 0.023	0.058 ± 0.020	0.048 ± 0.021	0.060 ± 0.033
4.50	10	0.067 ± 0.018	0.075 ± 0.028	0.068 ± 0.021	0.082 ± 0.032
4.75	10	0.063 ± 0.030	0.094 ± 0.024^Δ	0.076 ± 0.029	0.092 ± 0.037
5.00	10	0.074 ± 0.020	0.099 ± 0.030^Δ	0.094 ± 0.025	0.100 ± 0.031
5.25	10	0.079 ± 0.024	0.118 ± 0.026^ΔΔ	0.106 ± 0.024*	0.123 ± 0.025
5.50	10	0.059 ± 0.023	0.086 ± 0.026^Δ	0.082 ± 0.022*	0.095 ± 0.026
5.75	10	0.048 ± 0.020	0.064 ± 0.026	0.057 ± 0.017	0.070 ± 0.040
6.00	10	0.066 ± 0.024	0.086 ± 0.028	0.082 ± 0.017	0.103 ± 0.031
6.25	10	0.044 ± 0.023	0.070 ± 0.027^Δ	0.068 ± 0.026*	0.075 ± 0.026
6.50	10	0.046 ± 0.022	0.078 ± 0.026^Δ	0.059 ± 0.028	0.077 ± 0.030
6.75	10	0.143 ± 0.026	0.182 ± 0.032^Δ	0.147 ± 0.038	0.174 ± 0.050
7.00	10	0.224 ± 0.040	0.275 ± 0.032	0.230 ± 0.065	0.274 ± 0.078
7.25	10	0.322 ± 0.055	0.365 ± 0.066	0.341 ± 0.076	0.395 ± 0.087
7.50	10	0.374 ± 0.058	0.422 ± 0.070	0.393 ± 0.064	0.455 ± 0.081
7.75	10	0.404 ± 0.066	0.458 ± 0.073	0.428 ± 0.077	0.493 ± 0.090
8.00	10	0.473 ± 0.075	0.522 ± 0.094	0.477 ± 0.087	0.563 ± 0.104^Δ
8.25	10	0.480 ± 0.080	0.541 ± 0.079	0.509 ± 0.086	0.606 ± 0.118^Δ
8.50	10	0.494 ± 0.077	0.555 ± 0.094	0.519 ± 0.095	0.609 ± 0.103^Δ
8.75	10	0.571 ± 0.078	0.642 ± 0.114	0.590 ± 0.105	0.684 ± 0.130
9.00	10	0.660 ± 0.100	0.744 ± 0.122	0.686 ± 0.122	0.808 ± 0.152^Δ
9.25	10	0.690 ± 0.099	0.794 ± 0.140	0.721 ± 0.134	0.865 ± 0.157^Δ
9.50	10	0.750 ± 0.096	0.856 ± 0.149	0.791 ± 0.133	0.923 ± 0.161^Δ
9.75	10	0.809 ± 0.118	0.911 ± 0.161	0.850 ± 0.138	0.997 ± 0.163^Δ
10.00	10	0.846 ± 0.123	0.953 ± 0.162	0.892 ± 0.150	1.043 ± 0.176^Δ
10.25	10	0.835 ± 0.135	0.936 ± 0.141	0.874 ± 0.138	1.047 ± 0.173^Δ
10.50	10	0.739 ± 0.140	0.825 ± 0.138	0.768 ± 0.117	0.933 ± 0.157^Δ
10.75	10	0.655 ± 0.121	0.732 ± 0.120	0.679 ± 0.118	0.834 ± 0.144^ΔΔ
11.00	10	0.580 ± 0.115	0.658 ± 0.108	0.620 ± 0.110	0.753 ± 0.123^Δ
11.25	10	0.548 ± 0.094	0.613 ± 0.100	0.556 ± 0.094	0.683 ± 0.121^ΔΔ
11.50	10	0.496 ± 0.090	0.549 ± 0.091	0.501 ± 0.093	0.627 ± 0.123^ΔΔ
11.75	10	0.433 ± 0.086	0.488 ± 0.090	0.448 ± 0.085	0.559 ± 0.098^ΔΔ
12.00	10	0.407 ± 0.067	0.466 ± 0.073	0.427 ± 0.072	0.510 ± 0.080^Δ
12.25	10	0.410 ± 0.057	0.466 ± 0.065	0.430 ± 0.061	0.518 ± 0.086^ΔΔ
12.50	10	0.387 ± 0.064	0.445 ± 0.070	0.420 ± 0.074	0.511 ± 0.088^ΔΔ
12.75	10	0.359 ± 0.077	0.409 ± 0.082	0.385 ± 0.070	0.460 ± 0.085^Δ
13.00	10	0.362 ± 0.065	0.415 ± 0.058	0.372 ± 0.067	0.449 ± 0.075^Δ
13.25	10	0.462 ± 0.054	0.529 ± 0.088	0.465 ± 0.092	0.534 ± 0.109
13.50	10	0.587 ± 0.073	0.661 ± 0.110	0.605 ± 0.101	0.699 ± 0.124^Δ
13.75	10	0.590 ± 0.092	0.660 ± 0.119	0.616 ± 0.106	0.735 ± 0.133^Δ
14.00	10	0.509 ± 0.113	0.560 ± 0.107	0.531 ± 0.100	0.651 ± 0.123^Δ
14.25	10	0.426 ± 0.095	0.485 ± 0.085	0.467 ± 0.098	0.561 ± 0.108^Δ
14.50	10	0.363 ± 0.076	0.416 ± 0.072	0.399 ± 0.083	0.487 ± 0.092^Δ
14.75	10	0.258 ± 0.072	0.299 ± 0.058	0.286 ± 0.066	0.356 ± 0.060^Δ
15.00	10	0.205 ± 0.058	0.240 ± 0.040	0.227 ± 0.059	0.278 ± 0.054^Δ
15.25	10	0.177 ± 0.050	0.200 ± 0.031	0.190 ± 0.043	0.226 ± 0.038^Δ
15.50	10	0.178 ± 0.033	0.212 ± 0.026^Δ	0.201 ± 0.041	0.241 ± 0.033^Δ
15.75	10	0.172 ± 0.037	0.198 ± 0.026	0.192 ± 0.029	0.234 ± 0.042^ΔΔ
16.00	10	0.137 ± 0.038	0.168 ± 0.034^Δ	0.170 ± 0.026*	0.195 ± 0.036

WL: wavelength, L-ST25: left ST25, L-ST25-N: left ST25 control point, R-ST25: right ST25, R-ST25-N: right control point. The intensity of the left-hand-side infrared radiation of ST25 in normal rats is significantly different from that of right-hand-side ST25 (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01). The intensity of infrared radiation of ST25 in normal rats is significantly different from that of the ipsilateral control point (^ΔP < 0.05, ^ΔΔP < 0.01).