The Mechanism of Moxibustion: Ancient Theory and Modern Research

Table 1

Intensities and peaks wavelengths of the infrared radiation of traditional moxibustion, moxibustion with controls, and Hegu (LI4).

	𝑛	Intensity of radiation (mV)	Wavelength of the peak of radiation (𝜇m)
Traditional moxa stick	4	43300.41±425.15	3.5
Smokeless moxa stick	4	31.15±3.49^#	7
555 cigarette	4	37.03±3.82^#	3.5
Indirect moxibustion with monkshood cake	4	681.87±47.52^∗∗ΔΔ	8
Indirect moxibustion with ginger	4	520.27±68.22^∗Δ	7.5
Indirect moxibustion with garlic	4	594.79±44.71^∗∗ΔΔ	7.5
Indirect moxibustion with cucumber	4	274.47±19.61	5
Indirect moxibustion with carrot	4	50.53±4.68	5
LI4 (Hegu)	28	20.40±5.69	7.5

#Compared to the traditional moxa-stick, 𝑃=0.000.
∗Compared to indirect moxibustion with cucumber, 𝑃=0.004.
∗∗Compared to indirect moxibustion with cucumber, 𝑃=0.000.
ΔCompared to indirect moxibustion with carrot, 𝑃=0.001.
ΔΔCompared to indirect moxibustion with carrot, 𝑃=0.000.