Difference in Moxibustion-Induced Microcirculatory Responses between the Heart and Lung Meridians Assessed by Laser Doppler Flowmetry
Table 4
Blood perfusion and its corresponding change magnitude in measurement sites of both meridians in the heart 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 HT3 and HT7
8.39 ± 0.28
8.95 ± 0.33
9.24 ± 0.36
9.31 ± 0.33
9.11 ± 0.33
—
(0.56 ± 0.15)††##
(0.85 ± 0.16)††##
(0.92 ± 0.16)††##
(0.71 ± 0.17)††##
LU5 of the lung meridian
10.49 ± 0.39
10.37 ± 0.39
10.30 ± 0.41
10.31 ± 0.40
10.33 ± 0.39
—
(−0.12 ± 0.04)
(−0.19 ± 0.07)
(−0.18 ± 0.07)
(−0.16 ± 0.04)
The midpoint between LU5 and LU9
9.20 ± 0.32
8.89 ± 0.29
8.88 ± 0.31
8.82 ± 0.30
8.80 ± 0.33
—
(−0.31 ± 0.08)
(−0.32 ± 0.09)
(−0.39 ± 0.09)
(−0.41 ± 0.07)
(i) PU: perfusion units. The values in parentheses were the increase (or decrease) values of PU compared to premoxibustion; (ii) and , compared with premoxibustion PU; (iii) ††, compared with LU5; ##, compared with the midpoint between LU5 and LU9.
