Clinical therapeutic effect of drug-separated moxibustion on chronic diarrhea and its immunologic mechanisms

J Tradit Chin Med. 1997 Dec;17(4):253-8.

Abstract

In the present paper it was reported that 24 cases of ulcerative colitis and 23 cases of chronic colitis were treated by drug-separated moxibustion and the total effective rates were 95.83% and 95.65% respectively, which were markedly superior to that of western medicine group. Observation in 15 cases of ulcerative colitis showed that drug-separated moxibustion could inhibit humoral immunity and elevate cellular immune function. The therapy possibly regulated the abnormal ratio of T-lymphocyte subgroups and corrected the abnormal state of autoimmunity of patients, so that pathological changes of intestinal mucosa were corrected effectively.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Colitis / immunology
  • Colitis / therapy*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / immunology
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / therapy*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • HLA-DR Antigens / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Mucosa / immunology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Moxibustion / methods*
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • HLA-DR Antigens