The Effect of Moxibustion Stimulation on Local and Distal Skin Temperature in Healthy Subjects

Figure 5

In Group III: (a) mean temperature variation of monitoring points, — represents the time duration of obvious temperature reductions of middle fingertip (); (b) detailed temperature-time history of stimulation point PC8 and middle fingertip () in the first operation of AC (t represents the time after MS); (c) correlation between temperature of the middle fingertip () and stimulation point PC3 during the first minute of MS period; (d) comparison of the maximum temperatures on stimulation point PC8 at four temperature rises and the minimum temperatures on middle fingertip () at four temperature drops with baseline values using paired t-test; represents p < 0.01.

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