Difference in Moxibustion-Induced Microcirculatory Responses between the Heart and Lung Meridians Assessed by Laser Doppler Flowmetry

Table 3

Blood perfusion and its corresponding change magnitude in both meridians in the lung meridian intervention group (mean ± SEM, PU).

	Premoxibustion phase	During 15 min moxibustion			5 min postmoxibustion phase
		Phase A	Phase B	Phase C
The midpoint between LU5 and LU9	8.54 ± 0.44	9.37 ± 0.47	9.98 ± 0.50	10.35 ± 0.52	10.33 ± 0.53
	—	(0.83 ± 0.15)^††##	(1.44 ± 0.21)^††##	(1.81 ± 0.27)^††##	(1.78 ± 0.28)^††##
The midpoint between HT3 and HT7	9.68 ± 0.56	8.91 ± 0.52	8.95 ± 0.52	8.59 ± 0.49	8.34 ± 0.47
	—	(−0.77 ± 0.20)	(−0.73 ± 0.18)	(−1.09 ± 0.25)	(−1.34 ± 0.24)
HT3 of the heart meridian	7.62 ± 0.47	7.30 ± 0.46	7.28 ± 0.45	7.21 ± 0.46	7.18 ± 0.45
	—	(−0.31 ± 0.14)	(−0.33 ± 0.16)	(−0.40 ± 0.18)	(−0.44 ± 0.19)

(i) PU: perfusion units. The values in parentheses were the increase (or decrease) values of PU compared with premoxibustion; (ii) and , compared with premoxibustion PU; (iii) ^††, compared with the midpoint between HT3 and HT7; ^##, compared with HT3.