Effect of Electro-acupuncture and Banxia Xiexin Decoction on Motilin in Functional Dyspepsia Rats / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

【Objective】To observe the effect of electro-acupuncture(EA) and Banxia Xiexin Decoction(BXD) on motilin levels of functional dyspepsia(FD) rats.【Methods】 Sixty SD rats were randomized into normal control group,model group,mosapride citrate tablets(MCT,2.82 mg?kg-1?d-1) group,EA group,BXD(33g?kg-1?d-1) group,EA + BXD group.Except the normal control group,the rats with FD in other groups were induced by stimulating the rat tails with forceps clip. EA group received EA on bilateral acupoints of Zusanli(ST36) for consecutive 7 days.MTL content in rats plasma,antrum,jejunum,and hypothalamus was observed with radioimmunological method.【Results】MTL content decreased in the plasma,antrum,jejunum,and hypothalamus of the model group(P