Influence on the morphology and blood flow volume of the gastric mucosa in rats with acute gastric ulcer treated by moxibustion

Objective: To study the biological repair mechanisms of gastric mucosa damage, through the effect of morphology and blood flow volume of gastric mucosa in rats with acute gastric ulcer treated by moxibustion. Methods: rats were randomly divided into normal group, model group, stomach meridian group, control point group. Except for the normal group, all the rats were established into the gastric mucosa injury model by cold restrain stress. Gastric mucosal injury index in rats wereobserved by light microscopy, the gastric mucosal blood flow volume in rats were tested by the physiological recorder detection. Results: Compared with the model group, the gastric mucosa ulcer index was decreased, the gastric mucosa morphology was significantly improved, gastric mucosal blood flow volume was significantly increased in stomach meridian group(P0.01). The gastric mucosa ulcer index, gastric mucosa morphology and blood flow volume in stomach meridian group were improved significantly than those in control point group(P0.01). Conclusion: Moxibustion on the stomach meridian could increase the gastric mucosal blood flow volume, promote the repair of gastric mucosa injury, and there is a certain correlation between meridians and viscera.