Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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

Table 4

Intensity of infrared radiation of right-hand-side ST25 after different moxibustion treatments.


WL (μm)	NC	MC	HPM	GPM	GLM	WM

1.50	−0.004 ± 0.031	0.009 ± 0.014	0.004 ± 0.022	0.006 ± 0.015	0.012 ± 0.020	0.005 ± 0.018
1.75	0.001 ± 0.022	0.021 ± 0.028*	−0.005 ± 0.015^ΔΔ	0.015 ± 0.011	0.020 ± 0.022	0.003 ± 0.011^Δ
2.00	−0.002 ± 0.024	0.007 ± 0.025	−0.003 ± 0.021	0.013 ± 0.021	0.009 ± 0.021	0.006 ± 0.020
2.25	0.005 ± 0.020	0.018 ± 0.026	−0.001 ± 0.019^Δ	0.014 ± 0.017	0.011 ± 0.024	0.007 ± 0.019
2.50	0.005 ± 0.029	0.013 ± 0.027	−0.005 ± 0.011	0.009 ± 0.014	0.006 ± 0.020	0.004 ± 0.014
2.75	0.001 ± 0.022	0.022 ± 0.017**	0.002 ± 0.011^ΔΔ	0.010 ± 0.011	0.010 ± 0.016	0.000 ± 0.008^ΔΔ
3.00	0.002 ± 0.025	0.029 ± 0.021**	0.001 ± 0.023^ΔΔ	0.003 ± 0.012^ΔΔ	0.008 ± 0.017^Δ	0.008 ± 0.014^Δ
3.25	0.005 ± 0.023	0.016 ± 0.024	0.024 ± 0.024	0.011 ± 0.021	0.022 ± 0.017	0.014 ± 0.028
3.50	0.021 ± 0.028	0.036 ± 0.026	0.032 ± 0.030	0.016 ± 0.021	0.033 ± 0.021	0.025 ± 0.022
3.75	0.032 ± 0.031	0.039 ± 0.022	0.036 ± 0.022	0.039 ± 0.018	0.047 ± 0.022	0.041 ± 0.016
4.00	0.016 ± 0.015	0.038 ± 0.036*	0.039 ± 0.023	0.026 ± 0.018	0.040 ± 0.025	0.047 ± 0.010
4.25	0.048 ± 0.021	0.077 ± 0.041*	0.062 ± 0.030	0.053 ± 0.016	0.063 ± 0.029	0.062 ± 0.025
4.50	0.068 ± 0.021	0.074 ± 0.025	0.079 ± 0.025	0.083 ± 0.023	0.084 ± 0.031	0.074 ± 0.018
4.75	0.076 ± 0.029	0.096 ± 0.026*	0.085 ± 0.023	0.089 ± 0.014	0.091 ± 0.020	0.084 ± 0.012
5.00	0.094 ± 0.025	0.087 ± 0.019	0.090 ± 0.025	0.098 ± 0.018	0.097 ± 0.029	0.092 ± 0.015
5.25	0.106 ± 0.024	0.121 ± 0.039	0.109 ± 0.026	0.119 ± 0.010	0.113 ± 0.022	0.116 ± 0.019
5.50	0.082 ± 0.022	0.088 ± 0.030	0.093 ± 0.024	0.092 ± 0.015	0.089 ± 0.023	0.087 ± 0.019
5.75	0.057 ± 0.017	0.075 ± 0.029	0.074 ± 0.024	0.068 ± 0.030	0.063 ± 0.029	0.060 ± 0.013
6.00	0.082 ± 0.017	0.102 ± 0.024	0.088 ± 0.028	0.094 ± 0.016	0.093 ± 0.030	0.090 ± 0.020
6.25	0.068 ± 0.026	0.073 ± 0.034	0.072 ± 0.016	0.072 ± 0.016	0.071 ± 0.024	0.069 ± 0.024
6.50	0.059 ± 0.028	0.067 ± 0.035	0.068 ± 0.021	0.063 ± 0.022	0.057 ± 0.036	0.067 ± 0.017
6.75	0.147 ± 0.038	0.165 ± 0.039	0.177 ± 0.031	0.184 ± 0.025	0.169 ± 0.047	0.156 ± 0.020
7.00	0.230 ± 0.065	0.234 ± 0.042	0.270 ± 0.033	0.294 ± 0.036^ΔΔ	0.256 ± 0.062	0.242 ± 0.026
7.25	0.341 ± 0.076	0.334 ± 0.053	0.401 ± 0.047^Δ	0.420 ± 0.042^ΔΔ	0.367 ± 0.082	0.352 ± 0.028
7.50	0.393 ± 0.064	0.378 ± 0.074	0.445 ± 0.048^Δ	0.491 ± 0.060^ΔΔ	0.421 ± 0.097	0.403 ± 0.037
7.75	0.428 ± 0.077	0.408 ± 0.078	0.482 ± 0.052^Δ	0.524 ± 0.053^ΔΔ	0.466 ± 0.094	0.442 ± 0.031
8.00	0.477 ± 0.087	0.472 ± 0.078	0.555 ± 0.062^Δ	0.620 ± 0.062^ΔΔ	0.541 ± 0.101	0.511 ± 0.058
8.25	0.509 ± 0.086	0.484 ± 0.088	0.591 ± 0.066^ΔΔ	0.648 ± 0.070^ΔΔ	0.565 ± 0.110^Δ	0.536 ± 0.044
8.50	0.519 ± 0.095	0.491 ± 0.081	0.583 ± 0.063^Δ	0.639 ± 0.077^ΔΔ	0.559 ± 0.109	0.537 ± 0.041
8.75	0.590 ± 0.105	0.569 ± 0.088	0.678 ± 0.079^Δ	0.720 ± 0.087^ΔΔ	0.630 ± 0.133	0.609 ± 0.074
9.00	0.686 ± 0.122	0.657 ± 0.105	0.789 ± 0.074^ΔΔ	0.850 ± 0.092^ΔΔ	0.739 ± 0.132	0.711 ± 0.072
9.25	0.721 ± 0.134	0.698 ± 0.102	0.846 ± 0.088^ΔΔ	0.914 ± 0.085^ΔΔ	0.790 ± 0.153	0.761 ± 0.084
9.50	0.791 ± 0.133	0.772 ± 0.115	0.915 ± 0.087^Δ	0.961 ± 0.087^ΔΔ	0.828 ± 0.158	0.821 ± 0.083
9.75	0.850 ± 0.138	0.805 ± 0.124	0.984 ± 0.085^ΔΔ	1.018 ± 0.071^ΔΔ	0.893 ± 0.171	0.884 ± 0.094
10.00	0.892 ± 0.150	0.817 ± 0.131	1.027 ± 0.096^ΔΔ	1.062 ± 0.072^ΔΔ	0.905 ± 0.175	0.924 ± 0.088
10.25	0.874 ± 0.138	0.814 ± 0.134	1.030 ± 0.096^ΔΔ	1.031 ± 0.073^ΔΔ	0.866 ± 0.154	0.923 ± 0.087^Δ
10.50	0.768 ± 0.117	0.711 ± 0.126	0.930 ± 0.089^ΔΔ	0.908 ± 0.069^ΔΔ	0.766 ± 0.130	0.822 ± 0.069^Δ
10.75	0.679 ± 0.118	0.633 ± 0.115	0.834 ± 0.080^ΔΔ	0.798 ± 0.055^ΔΔ	0.677 ± 0.123	0.732 ± 0.075^Δ
11.00	0.620 ± 0.110	0.573 ± 0.111	0.734 ± 0.061^ΔΔ	0.712 ± 0.023^ΔΔ	0.608 ± 0.112	0.655 ± 0.050^Δ
11.25	0.556 ± 0.094	0.541 ± 0.107	0.674 ± 0.073^ΔΔ	0.659 ± 0.031^ΔΔ	0.551 ± 0.104	0.604 ± 0.055
11.50	0.501 ± 0.093	0.488 ± 0.095	0.619 ± 0.069^ΔΔ	0.611 ± 0.031^ΔΔ	0.515 ± 0.100	0.554 ± 0.045
11.75	0.448 ± 0.085	0.433 ± 0.092	0.548 ± 0.064^ΔΔ	0.550 ± 0.032^ΔΔ	0.457 ± 0.087	0.492 ± 0.033
12.00	0.427 ± 0.072	0.407 ± 0.069	0.496 ± 0.055^ΔΔ	0.499 ± 0.023^ΔΔ	0.431 ± 0.092	0.437 ± 0.029
12.25	0.430 ± 0.061	0.413 ± 0.070	0.490 ± 0.057^ΔΔ	0.492 ± 0.028^ΔΔ	0.419 ± 0.086	0.440 ± 0.030
12.50	0.420 ± 0.074	0.402 ± 0.065	0.475 ± 0.047^Δ	0.483 ± 0.033^ΔΔ	0.411 ± 0.087	0.431 ± 0.033
12.75	0.385 ± 0.070	0.380 ± 0.069	0.455 ± 0.052^ΔΔ	0.470 ± 0.030^ΔΔ	0.403 ± 0.072	0.410 ± 0.030
13.00	0.372 ± 0.067	0.365 ± 0.070	0.451 ± 0.049^ΔΔ	0.449 ± 0.026^ΔΔ	0.372 ± 0.076	0.398 ± 0.032
13.25	0.465 ± 0.092	0.465 ± 0.068	0.534 ± 0.051^Δ	0.528 ± 0.051	0.448 ± 0.100	0.478 ± 0.050
13.50	0.605 ± 0.101	0.578 ± 0.091	0.692 ± 0.066^ΔΔ	0.679 ± 0.044^Δ	0.575 ± 0.112	0.617 ± 0.074
13.75	0.616 ± 0.106	0.580 ± 0.091	0.717 ± 0.074^ΔΔ	0.704 ± 0.034^ΔΔ	0.578 ± 0.115	0.640 ± 0.049
14.00	0.531 ± 0.100	0.473 ± 0.095	0.601 ± 0.069^ΔΔ	0.617 ± 0.026^ΔΔ	0.513 ± 0.105	0.555 ± 0.051^Δ
14.25	0.467 ± 0.098	0.423 ± 0.086	0.503 ± 0.046^Δ	0.528 ± 0.043^ΔΔ	0.435 ± 0.084	0.467 ± 0.045
14.50	0.399 ± 0.083	0.375 ± 0.074	0.430 ± 0.040	0.451 ± 0.034^ΔΔ	0.376 ± 0.076	0.395 ± 0.038
14.75	0.286 ± 0.066	0.267 ± 0.064	0.293 ± 0.035	0.314 ± 0.021^Δ	0.274 ± 0.067	0.279 ± 0.025
15.00	0.227 ± 0.059	0.221 ± 0.050	0.238 ± 0.033	0.261 ± 0.032^Δ	0.231 ± 0.035	0.223 ± 0.027
15.25	0.190 ± 0.043	0.196 ± 0.040	0.196 ± 0.025	0.203 ± 0.028	0.171 ± 0.045	0.189 ± 0.013
15.50	0.201 ± 0.041	0.201 ± 0.044	0.213 ± 0.028	0.218 ± 0.020	0.201 ± 0.050	0.191 ± 0.025
15.75	0.192 ± 0.029	0.208 ± 0.037	0.210 ± 0.020	0.209 ± 0.019	0.197 ± 0.045	0.189 ± 0.019
16.00	0.170 ± 0.026	0.164 ± 0.035	0.168 ± 0.029	0.174 ± 0.024	0.169 ± 0.035	0.157 ± 0.015

WL: wavelength, NC: normal control group, MC: model control group, HPM: herb-partition moxibustion, GPM: ginger-partition moxibustion, GLM: garlic-partition moxibustion, WM: warming moxibustion. The intensity of infrared radiation of right-hand-side ST25 showed significant differences between normal rats and model rats (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01). After moxibustion stimulations, the intensity of infrared radiation of ST25 in moxibustion groups was significantly different from that of model groups (^ΔP < 0.05, ^ΔΔP < 0.01).