Publications by authors named "Xu-Liu Zhou"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to examine the effects of moxibustion versus acupuncture at specific acupoints on rats with a model of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D).
- Forty female SD rats were divided into four groups and subjected to different treatments for 21 days, with various measurements taken to assess their symptoms and physiological responses.
- Results indicated that both moxibustion and acupuncture improved symptoms compared to the model group, reducing loose stool rates, increasing pain thresholds, and enhancing physical activity, while also altering inflammatory markers in serum.
Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion of the combined "Biao-Ben" acupoints on autonomic nervous function and related factors in rats with irritable bowel syndrome diarrhea (IBS-D).
Methods: Female SD rats were randomly divided into normal control, IBS-D model, "Biao-Ben" acupoint combination, and conventional acupoint combination groups, with 10 rats in each group. The IBS-D model was established by repeated chronic stress stimulation (water or food deprivation, painful tail pinching, exposure to a 43 ℃ environment, forced swimming in 4 ℃ water, day-night inversion and horizontal vibration) for 28 d, and followed by acute restraint stress (wrapping of shoulders, forelimbs and trunk) for 1 h and gavage of senna fluid, once daily for 28 d.