Additional Effects of Back-Shu Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion in Cardioprotection of Rat Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

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Study protocol. The control group received 30 min of anesthesia every day and no other treatment. The placebo group received acupuncture on nonacupuncture points for 20 min at the point of IR injury. The EA group received electroacupuncture on PC5, PC6, ST36, and ST37 for 20 min at the point of IR injury. The EA + B group received electroacupuncture like the EA group but was also treated with electroacupuncture on BL14 and BL15 for 20 min at the point of IR injury. The EA + B + M group received electroacupuncture like the EA + B group but was also treated with moxibustion on PC6 for 15 min for 20 min at the point of IR injury. All treatments were performed every day, and treatment was purposefully designed to overlap with time of reperfusion on the first day (D1). D, day; ischemia, ischemia induced by ligation.