Acupuncture, Moxibustion
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to combine the Chinese medicine and physics, using acupuncture to conduct electrical measurement, and to understand the effects of moxibustion on meridian.
Detailed description
Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine, which use the burned moxa to generate warmth on the human's local skin and then exerts a therapeutic effect. Research found that moxibustion has effect on analgesic and anti-inflammation, which can be applied on myofascial pain, insomnia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, cancer related fatigue, irritable bowel disease etc.. Although research reveal that moxibustion can treat these diseases probably by effect on analgesic and anti-inflammation, the mechanism of moxibustion is still not clear. In modern study, the meridian has electric characteristic and the therapeutic effect of acupuncture may be related to the electricity resulting by acupuncture manipulation. However, there is no study to investigate the electric effect of moxibustion on the meridian. In our study, the investigators applied the semiconductor analyzer Agilent B1500A to investigate the electric characteristic of meridians and visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after moxibustion, which may provide another vision on moxibustion in the future. The investigators intend to recruit 30 healthy participants with age more than 20 years old to participate this study. The participants receive acupuncture and then measure the VAS and electric characteristic by the semiconductor analyzer Agilent B1500A immediately(baseline data). The investigators add the burned moxa on the acupuncture as a method for moxibustion. After the moxa burned out, the investigators measure the VAS and electric characteristic immediately again(post moxibustion data). The investigators will use paired t test and repeated measure two ways ANOVA to compare the VAS and electricity of baseline data and post moxibustion data in each participant. The purpose of this study is to combine the Chinese medicine and physics, using acupuncture to conduct electrical measurement, and to understand the effects of moxibustion on meridian.
Interventions
PROCEDUREacupuncture and moxibustion
Participants receive acupuncture and then measure the VAS and electric characteristic by the semiconductor analyzer Agilent B1500A first. The investigators add the burned moxa on the acupuncture as a method for moxibustion, and then measure the VAS and electric characteristic again.
Sponsors
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* at least 20 years old * agree to the informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* under 20 years old * pregnant or breast-feeding women * those with an empty stomach before the study * a tendency toward bleeding with thrombocytopenia or history of platelets \< 20000 or a user of an anti-platelet drug.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change of visual analogue scale (VAS), score from 0 to 10, the lower score means less pain while the higher score means more pain. | through study completion, an average of 90 minutes | The investigators measure visual analogue score immediately after intervention of acupuncture (baseline data) and moxibustion (post moxibustion data) respectively. Measured time baseline data: immediately after acupuncture post moxibustion data: immediately after moxa burned out (10 minutes) |
| The change of electric current | through study completion, an average of 90 minutes | Agilent B1500A is a device that can measure the electric current after acupuncture and moxibustion. The investigators measure the electric current after intervention of acupuncture (baseline data) and moxibustion (post moxibustion data) respectively. Measured time: baseline data: immediately after acupuncture post moxibustion data: immediately after moxa burned out (10 minutes) |
| The change of voltage | through study completion, an average of 90 minutes | Agilent B1500A is a device that can measure the voltage after acupuncture and moxibustion. The investigators measure the voltage after intervention of acupuncture (baseline data) and moxibustion (post moxibustion data) respectively. Measured time: baseline data: immediately after acupuncture post moxibustion data: immediately after moxa burned out (10 minutes) |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactChien Hung Lin, Dr.
Outcome results
None listed