KMID : 1129720130300040272
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture 2013 Volume.30 No. 4 p.272 ~ p.280
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Effects of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at Lower Sea Points on the Intestinal Motility with Loperamide-Induced Constipation in Rats
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À¯À±Á¶:Yu Yun-Cho
±Ç¿À»ó:Kwon O-Sang/¾ç½Â¹ü:Yang Seung-Bum/±è¹Î¼ö:Kim Min-Su/±èÀçÈ¿:Kim Jae-Hyo
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Abstract
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Objectives : The aim of this study was to observe effects of manual acupuncture(MA), electro-acupuncture(EA) and moxibustion (MO) on the rat with loperamide-induced constipation.
Methods : This study measured small intestinal motility and number of fecal pellets in rats with loperamide induced constipation. MA and EA(intensity, 5 times muscle twitch threshold) was applied for 30 minutes and MO was treated on 5 times moxa cautery to the groups divided with age and sex.
Results : The small intestinal motility was decreased by ST36 EA and ST37 EA in 5 weeks male group and ST37 EA in 7 weeks male and female groups, and ST36 MO in 7 weeks female group, but it was increased by ST39 EA in 7 weeks male group and ST37 MO and ST39 MO in 7 weeks male group. The number of fecal pellets was decreased by MA, EA, MO of ST36 in all group except 5, 7 weeks male groups only, and MA, EA of ST37 in 5, 7 weeks male group and ST37 MO in 7 weeks female group, and ST39 EA in 5 weeks male group and 7 weeks female group and ST39 MO in 7 weeks female group, but increased by ST37 EA in 5 weeks female group and ST39 EA in 7 weeks male group.
Conclusions : Although these differences do not have a established tendency, it suggests that acupuncture and moxibustion are experimentally dependent upon the sex and age on intestinal motility in rats.
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KEYWORD
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acupuncture, moxibustion, ST36, ST37, ST39, intestinal motility
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