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. 2011 Aug 28;17(32):3733–3738. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i32.3733

Table 2.

Degranulation ratio of mast cells at ST25 acupoint areas (mean ± SD)

Group	n	MC total number	MC degranulation number	Degranulation ratio (%)
Normal	10	7.16 ± 1.27	1.22 ± 0.29	17.01 ± 4.11
Model	10	10.38 ± 2.52	3.44 ± 1.27^a	32.58 ± 8.28^a
Moxibustion	10	13.22 ± 4.40^a	5.78 ± 1.97^a ^b	45.91 ± 11.41^a ^b
M + DC	10	10.14 ± 4.26	3.36 ± 1.64^a ^c	33.41 ± 9.56^a ^c
M + NS	10	12.24 ± 4.34^a	5.12 ± 2.26^a ^b	42.41 ± 7.71^a ^b

MC: Mast cells; M + DC: Moxibustion plus disodium cromoglycate; M + NS: Moxibustion plus normal saline..

^a

P < 0.05 vs normal group;

^b

P < 0.05 vs model group;

^c

P < 0.05 vs moxibution group.