construction of an experimental platform device for moxibustion

Una plataforma de moxibustión para el tratamiento de ratas con insuficiencia renal a base de tortas de hierbas

Moxibustion appeared with the application of fire. Ancient doctors accidentally found that some parts of the fire-burning body could relieve the symptoms of discomfort. After long-term practice, &#34;Artemisiae Argyi Folium&#34; was gradually selected as the main moxibustion material1. Moxibustion is one of the important components of traditional Chinese medicine, and when juxtaposed with traditional Chinese medicine decoction and acupoint acupuncture, these three major traditional Chinese medicine therapies are widely used in many diseases.
Chinese doctors often used moxibustion to treat diseases as early as the period of Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor&#39;s Inner Classic). Artemisiae Argyi Folium is a type of Chinese herbal medicine with the function of warming meridians to stop bleeding, dispelling colds, and relieving pain. It is commonly used in the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and can also be used in the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine decoction. Moxibustion is a kind of external therapy2 wherein moxa or other drugs are placed on acupoints on the body surface to burn and use the mild heat of moxibustion fire and the effect of drugs to treat diseases3.
As one of the common methods of treatment, moxibustion has been widely used in clinical practice. With the continuous expansion in moxibustion therapy, a growing number of studies have investigated the mechanism of moxibustion and carried out many animal experiments4,5.
The moxibustion method can be classified as direct moxibustion and indirect moxibustion. The method of placing moxibustion on the body&#39;s skin is called direct moxibustion. Indirect moxibustion separates the surface of the moxa cone and the acupoints with drugs or other materials. Moxibustion can treat various diseases, such as irritable bowel syndrome6, chronic fatigue syndrome7, and knee osteoarthritis8.
This paper mainly discusses the mechanism of herbal-cake-separated-moxibustion. Herbal-cake-separated-moxibustion belongs to the indirect moxibustion method, in which a moxa cone is placed on the medicinal cake to apply moxibustion. Current studies have shown that the infrared and warming effects produced by moxa cone burning, the chemical composition of moxa leaf tar, and acupoint stimulation can achieve disease prevention and treatment9 by increasing the penetration of drugs into acupoints. Therefore, herbal-cake-separated-moxibustion mainly produces a &#34;comprehensive effect&#34; through moxibustion, drugs, and acupoints10.
Previous studies show that moxibustion is an effective method for treating CRF11,12,13,14,15, but the underlying mechanism is still undefined. We have been working on clinical and animal research on CRF. At present, we are conducting a moxibustion experimental study on CRF rats based on herbal-cake-separated-moxibustion-mediated protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) signaling pathway of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Through this animal experiment, we aim to preliminarily explain the potential mechanism of moxibustion in treating chronic kidney disease. In this experiment, the treatment of herbal-cake-separated moxibustion of rats&#160;is a key operation.
In the previous experiment16, the lid of the rearing cage was used to bind and fix the rats. To protect the operator, the rats need to be anesthetized before binding. However, Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats are easy to fear and startle. The binding operation can easily cause restlessness in the rats. Problems such as poor posture fixation of rats, deviation of acupoint positioning, increased experiment time, and operator injury often occurred.
In addition, if the binding is too tight, it can easily cause breathing difficulties in rats, which is not conducive to animal welfare. If the binding is too loose, the rats are prone to struggle and move their bodies, causing moxibustion cones to fall and burn their skin, which affects the experimental results. Based on the literature, animal experiments still involve binding16,17,18, and most experimental devices can only be fixed, hindering the implementation of other techniques such as moxibustion19. Therefore, achieving the integration of fixation and moxibustion in the experimental device while ensuring animal welfare and experimental specifications and efficiency has become one of the focus areas for investigators.

Autor destacado: Entendiendo el efecto de la moxibustión separada por torta de hierbas en ratas con falla renal

Uso de la moxibustión separada por torta de hierbas para el tratamiento de ratas con insuficiencia renal crónica

We studied the effect of herbal-cake-separated moxibustion on chronic renal fails rats. This experiment tries to answer the mechanism of herbal-cake-separated moxibustion. The advantage of this protocol is that the rats are moxibusting unbundled and non-anesthesic conditions, making animal experiments close to clinical practice.The application of moxibustion platform not only protects the animal welfare of rats, but also reduce the moxibustion operation process in the save the time and energy of operators, and promotes the development of animal moxibustion experiment to a certain extent. In the future, our laboratory will further expand the scope of use of the platform, explore the acupuncture effect of the experimental rats. After using the rats and under the same conditions, carry out a comparative study on the effects of moxibustion with the device and other moxibustion methods in rats.

Construcción de un dispositivo de plataforma experimental para la moxibustión

Para comenzar a fabricar el dispositivo, use material de tablero anti-batido y una tabla de madera. Para la construcción de la unidad central, haga la base del dispositivo con un tablero anti-batido con una superficie blanca que mide 52 por 23,5 centímetros. Construir la plataforma elevada con madera maciza de 60 centímetros de altura.Coloque cinco ranuras de colocación sobre la plataforma elevada. Separe las ranuras de colocación con tablas de intervalo correspondientes a la distancia entre las extremidades delanteras y traseras de la rata en posición de pie. A continuación, fije dos tiras de acero inoxidable en la parte superior de las ranuras de colocación, cada una con 15 orificios para fijar los componentes.Tres orificios de la tira fija corresponden a cada ranura, que se utilizará para fijar el tornillo del mango de ciruela y la manguera móvil. La distancia entre los agujeros adyacentes es de siete centímetros. Fije el extremo superior de cada ranura de colocación con una red de aislamiento térmico elevable rodeada por un marco de placa galvanizada.Coloque el tornillo ajustable del mango de flor de ciruelo en ambos extremos de la red de aislamiento térmico hecha de acero 304. Inserte el material de malla circular de acero inoxidable 304 en el centro de la red de aislamiento térmico. Fije el extremo inferior de la manguera móvil de acero inoxidable con una tira fija de acero inoxidable y el extremo superior con la placa de conexión de la abrazadera de tubería.Conecte el clip de moxa de acero inoxidable a la placa de conexión de la abrazadera de tubería y asegure de ocho a 10 tiras de moxa simultáneamente para la moxibustión.

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Construction of an Experimental Platform Device for Moxibustion

Using Herbal-Cake-Separated Moxibustion for the Treatment of Rats with Chronic Renal Failure

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