Gut Microbiota: A New Strategy to Study the Mechanism of Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion in Treating Ulcerative Colitis
Figure 1
The therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture and moxibustion on DSS-induced mice. (a) is body weight before being administered with DSS (left) and after being treated with electroacupuncture and moxibustion (right) (n= 12/group); (b) is DAI score of the mice before being treated with electroacupuncture and moxibustion (left) and after being treated with electroacupuncture and moxibustion (right) (n= 12/group); (c) is H&E staining of colon from the four groups of mice (n=4~5/group). The presented values are the means ± SEM. ★P< 0.05 versus control, △P< 0.05 versus model. Control represents healthy mice, model represents DSS-induced UC mice, electroacupuncture represents the mice induced by DSS and treated with electro-acupuncture, and moxibustion represents the mice induced by DSS and treated with moxibustion. Green arrows label glands, blue arrow labels mucous of model, and red arrow labels inflammatory cell.