Effects of herb cake-separated moxibustion on spleen in immunosuppressive rabbits:a morphology study

• Published in: Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ Vol. 36; no. 10; p. 1077
• Main Authors: Tian, Yuefeng, Wu, Aihua, Wang, Jun, Shan, Zengtian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 12.10.2016
• Subjects: cyclophosphamide; immunosuppressive; morphology; herb cake-separated moxibustion; spleen; moxibustion
• ISSN: 0255-2930
• DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2016.10.019

To observe the influence of different methods of moxibustion on spleen morphology in cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppressive rabbits. A total of 50 rabbits were randomly assigned into a blank group, a model group, a herbal cake-separated moxibustion group, a moxibustion group and a sham cake-separated moxibustion group, 10 rabbits in each group. Except the blank group, the rabbits in each group were treated with intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide (60 mg/kg), once a day, for 7 consecutive days to establish immunosuppressive model. After the model establishment, the rabbits in the herbal cake-separated moxibustion group were treated with herbal cake-separated moxibustion at "Shenque" (CV 8), "Guanyuan" (CV 4), "Zusanli" (ST 36), "Pishu" (BL 20) and "Shenshu" (BL 23); the moxa cone was placed on the herbal cake which was made of decoction, three cones for each acupoint. The rabbits in the moxibustion group were treated with moxa stick moxibustion which contained equal moxa of three moxa cones. The