Research survey on clinical efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion in treatment of functional constipation in elderly
Functional constipation is a common disease in the elderly.Studies have shown that acupuncture and moxibustion have good effects on increasing the patients'defecation frequency,improving defecation difficulty,reducing the recurrence rate of the disease,and improving the quality of life of the patients.Its mechanism of action is related to regulating the enteric nervous system and related neurotransmitters,improving anorectal dynamics-related indicators,and the regulation of the central nervous-gut-microbiome(brain-gut axis).This article reviews the clinical and mechanism researches on the treatment of functional constipation in the elderly with simple acupuncture,the combination of acupuncture and medicine,acupoint catgut embedding,and auricular point pressure pills,etc.,so as to provide more ideas and directions for the research on the mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion in treatment of functional constipation in the elderly.
acupuncture and moxibustionthe elderlyfunctional constipationmechanism of action
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