Regulatory Function of Herbal Drug-Partitioned Moxibustion for Sub-Health Status

摘要

Objective: To observe the efficacy of herbal drug-partitioned moxibustion for sub-health status and its influence on humoral immunity, cellular immunity and blood rheology. Methods: By health evaluation in traditional Chinese medicine, the subjects were selected and applied with herbal drug-partitioned moxibustion on the acupoints selected upon pattern identification, in accordance with different causative reason, symptoms, clinical manifestations, to observe the changes in various physiochemical indexes and clinical symptoms before and after the treatments. Results: After herbal drug-partitioned moxibustion, the clinical symptoms were obviously improved, and obvious change took place in the activity of NK cells and in platelet aggregation, with statistic significance (P < 0.05) in comparison of those before moxibustion. Simultaneously, the contents of C3 and C4 decreased in humoral immunity after the treatment, and IgC content increased, with statistic significance (P < 0.05) in comparison of those before the treatment. Conclusion: Herbal drug-partitioned moxibustion can regulate the functions of qi and blood in those with subhealth, by balancing yin and yang in the body and invigorating the spirit and reinforcing qi, so as to relieve sub-health status, indicating its regulatory function on humoral immunity, cellular immunity and blood rheology of the human body.