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Change in Skin Surface Temperature at the Knee Area on Both Sides When Using Mild Moxibustion Manipulation at Mingmen Acupoint With Moxa Stick

NCT05578027 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2023-10-23

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Summary

Moxibustion plays an important role in Traditional Medicine treatments, which treats and prevents diseases by burning a herb preparation containing Moxa (Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort) to stimulate the meridians of human body. Moxibustion is considered a safe and effective traditional therapy. Mild moxibustion is a kind of therapeutic method which characterized by wide indications, simple manipulation and comfortable feeling, is commonly used in clinical treatment. Mingmen acupoint located on the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra (L2). Its indications include Yang-deficiency syndrome, Cold-Stagnation syndrome, Cold Excessive syndrome,... and it is closely related to the knee area through the path of Thoroughfare Vessel (one of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels). In our study, we investigate the change in skin surface temperature at the knee area on both sides when using mild moxibustion manipulation at Mingmen acupoint with moxa stick in healthy volunteers.

Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Mild moxibustion with moxa stick

To conduct this intervention, we used moxa sticks which were 1.5 cm in diameter, 13 cm long, and weighed 12 gram to perform mild moxibustion manipulation at the control acupoint (the left side Pishu acupoint) or Mingmen acupoint in 2 trial phases. The main ingredient of the moxa was dried mugwort leaf, produced in Vietnam. All moxa materials were obtained from the Sai Gon TCS Co., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bui Pham Minh Man

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-01
Primary Completion
2023-06-30
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • Vietnam

Study Locations

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