NCT05330403

The Moxibustion-Induced Thermal Transport Effect Between The Heart And Lung Meridians

The Moxibustion-Induced Thermal Transport Effect Between The Heart And Lung Meridians With Infrared Thermography

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Although some important progresses were made in the field of the meridian research, no breakthroughs have been achieved. Besides,there are some problems in meridian researches. Particularly, previous research of meridian phenomenon involved lots of subjective elements and outcomes. Researches that use modern scientific techniques to investigate the biological characteristics of meridian phenomenon are urgently needed. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the heat transport characteristics of meridian phenomenon for the Heart and Lung meridians by using infrared thermography. Thus, the biological characteristics of meridian phenomenon could be presented objectively in a scientific methodology.

Detailed description

80 eligible subjects were finally included. Among them, 40 participants were assigned to the lung meridian intervention group, and 40 participants were assigned to the heart meridian intervention group. All 80 participants completed the trial.

Conditions

• Meridians

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Moxibustion	In this study, suspended moxibustion was performed by holding an ignited moxa stick at a certain distance (about 3-4 cm) over the skin surface, keeping the moxibustion Site warm without burning the skin. In the heart meridian intervention group, moxibustion was applied over Site 4 (HT3) of the heart meridian. In the lung meridian intervention group, moxibustion was performed over Site 1 (LU5) of the lung meridian.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-30
• Primary completion: 2021-12-30
• Completion: 2021-12-30
• First posted: 2022-04-15
• Last updated: 2022-04-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China