https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/546611
標題: | Experimental and Numerical Study on the Temperature Elevation in Tissue during Moxibustion Therapy | 作者: | Solovchuk, M. Deng, H.-A. Sheu, T.W.H. TONY W. H. SHEU |
公開日期: | 2020 | 卷: | 2020 | 來源出版物: | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 摘要: | Moxibustion is a thermal therapy in traditional Chinese medicine that relies on the heat from burning moxa to be transferred beneath the skin surface. Although moxibustion has long been in widespread practice, the mechanism of heat transfer modality and temperature distribution during this treatment is not yet well understood. The current paper presents the first examination by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the three-dimensional temperature elevation during moxibustion treatment. A mathematical model for the prediction of temperature elevation during moxibustion therapy has been constructed and compared with the experimental data. Good agreement between the measured temperature and the results of numerical calculations has been found. Tissue up to 3 cm deep can be heated during the treatment. It was revealed that both heat conduction and radiation heat transfer play important roles during the treatment. The results presented in the current paper can be used for understanding the mechanisms of Chinese medicine and developing useful guidelines for Chinese medicine doctors. ? 2020 Maxim Solovchuk et al. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85082241323&partnerID=40&md5=e3a13651664dddcbca1f9ac660ddf7fd https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/546611 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2020/7514302 | SDG/關鍵字: | article; calculation; Chinese medicine; controlled study; heat transfer; human; moxibustion; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; prediction |
顯示於: | 工程科學及海洋工程學系 |
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