Bao CH, Dou CZ, Xu B, Liu HR, Wu HG. Brain-gut interactions and inflammatory bowel disease: Implications for acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2013;
21:2300-2307. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v21.i23.2300]
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Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic recurrent intestinal inflammatory disorder. The role of dysfunction of brain-gut interactions in the pathogenesis of IBD has recently been intensively investigated. Numerous studies have shown that the central nervous system, the hypothalamus - pituitary - adrenal axis (HPA axis), the hypothalamus - the autonomic nervous system axis (HANS axis), and intestinal response functions develop varying degrees of dysfunction in IBD patients and are closely related to disease activity. It has been proven that acupuncture and moxibustion therapy is an effective means for the treatment of IBD, and the holistic regulation of the function of brain-gut interactions may be the key effect mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in IBD. In this paper, we aim to explain the mechanism of brain-gut interactions in IBD as well as traditional Chinese medicine theory on brain-gut interactions, and on this basis, we explore the possible mechanism of acupuncture and moxibution treatment.
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