Lu Z S, Dong X T, Zhang T J, Cao W H, Deng Y
J Tradit Chin Med. 1989 Mar;9(1):69-74.
Moxibustion can accelerate the relief of arthralgia of rats suffering from adjuvant arthritis. At the same time, it promotes the recovery of SP in the sciatic nerve, and maintains SP and leu-enkephalin at a higher level in the lumbar spinal cord. The results show that the therapeutic effect of moxibustion in treating arthralgia bears some relation to activating the spinal enkephalin system and modulating the function of primary afferent neurons.
艾灸可加速佐剂性关节炎大鼠关节痛的缓解。同时，它促进坐骨神经中P物质（SP）的恢复，并使腰脊髓中的SP和亮氨酸脑啡肽维持在较高水平。结果表明，艾灸治疗关节痛的疗效与激活脊髓脑啡肽系统及调节初级传入神经元的功能有一定关系。
