Effects of moxibustion stimulation on the intensity of infrared radiation of Tianshu (ST25) acupoints in rats with ulcerative colitis

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Zhou, Shuang ^a,b   Yao, Wei ^c   Wan, Hua ^a   Wu, Huangan ^a   Wu, Luyi ^a   Liu, Huirong ^a   Hua, Xuegui ^a   Shi, Peifeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARLIC; GINGER; HERB; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TIANSHU ACUPOINT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WARMING;

EID: 84871423862     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/704584     Document Type: Article

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