Traditional thermal therapy with indirect moxibustion decreases renal arterial resistive index.
J Altern Complement Med
; 20(9): 693-7, 2014 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25077574
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the immediate effects of indirect moxibustion, a traditional local thermal therapy, on renal hemodynamics by using Doppler ultrasonography (US).DESIGN:
Prospective observational study of postintervention changes in several variables.SETTING:
Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan.PARTICIPANTS:
Eleven healthy persons (7 men and 4 women; mean age±standard deviation, 32.6±5.7 years) were enrolled. INTERVENTION Indirect moxibustion was applied for 4 minutes to bilateral lower back acupuncture points (BL23). Each participant received 3 successive treatments. OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The main outcome measurement was resistive index (RI) in the renal segmental arteries. Blood flow variables, including RI, were measured for 6 renal segmental arteries by Doppler US at rest (baseline), immediately after completion of moxibustion (post 1), and 10 minutes later (post 2). Participants were monitored for adverse events during the intervention.RESULTS:
The mean RI was 0.578±0.037 at baseline, 0.546±0.027 at post 1, and 0.547±0.032 at post 2. RI decreased significantly between post 1 and baseline (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.053 to -0.011; p=0.003) and between post 2 and baseline (95% CI, -0.052 to -0.009; p=0.005). No adverse events, such as burns, were observed.CONCLUSION:
This study of the short-term effects of indirect moxibustion on renal hemodynamics in healthy persons showed that renal vascular resistance was reduced after the therapy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arteries
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Regional Blood Flow
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Vascular Resistance
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Hot Temperature
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Hemodynamics
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Kidney
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Moxibustion
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
J Altern Complement Med
Journal subject:
TERAPIAS COMPLEMENTARES
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japón