Zhang Jian-Bin, Wang Ling-Ling, Wu Huan-Gan, Hu Ling, Chang Xiao-Rong, Song Xiao-Ge, Ma Xiao-Peng
The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu Province, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2012 Nov;32(11):1000-3.
Through analysis of the basic mechanism and principle of moxibustion, it is found that the most basic characteristic of moxibustion on acupoints of human body rests with its warm stimulation. The multi-effect of the warm stimulation of moxibustion can be generalized into the following 2 aspects: 1) warming-dredging: to dredge meridians with warming through regulation of qi and blood circulation, and removing stagnation in meridians and collaterals. 2) warming-reinforcing: to reinforce with warming through strengthening of yang qi as well as tonifying yin through reinforcing of yang. The two effects are inter-depending and inter-acting on each other. The mechanism of warming-dredging and warming-reinforcing is different from that of the materia medica, and it has its own specific connotation.
通过对艾灸基本机制和原理的分析发现，艾灸作用于人体穴位的最基本特性在于其温热刺激。艾灸温热刺激的多重效应可归纳为以下两个方面：1）温通：通过调节气血运行以温热之力疏通经络，消除经络中的瘀滞。2）温补：通过振奋阳气以及阳中求阴来进行温补。这两种效应相互依存、相互作用。温通和温补的机制不同于药物，有其自身特定的内涵。
