Research on Effects of the Thermal Stimulation by Moxibustion at Different Temperatures on Cardiac Function in Rats and on Mast Cells in the Local Site of Moxibustion

Table 2

Mean change percentage of the HR, MAP, LVSP, +dp/dtmax, and t-dp/dtmax of different groups after moxibustion treatment.

Group	𝑁	HR (/min)	MAP (mmHg)	LVSP (mmHg)	+dp/dtmax (mmHg/s)	t-dp/dtmax (ms)
Model control group	8	−0.023±0.099	−0.033±0.086	0.045±0.093	0.057±0.14	0.018±0.113
Moxibustion group 1	8	0.044±0.212	0.063±0.078	0.087±0.03	0.14±0.052	−0.026±0.04
Moxibustion group 2	8	0.143±0.074^∗▴	0.425±0.284^∗▴	0.255±0.109^∗▴	0.358±0.143^∗▴	−0.19±0.16^∗▴
Analysis of variance
𝐹		10.660	14.963	13.875	13.568	7.217
𝑃		0.001	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.004

Note: the values in the table for each index value variation rate.
Compared with model control group *𝑃<0.05.
Compared with moxibustion group 1 ^▴𝑃<0.05.