Figure 2.
Moxibustion treatment relieves degeneration of intervertebral discs. A. Micrographs showing histopathological changes in intervertebral discs after HE staining in IDD rats after moxibustion treatment (scale bar = 100 µm). B. Micrographs showing immunohistochemistry of aggrecan and COX-2 in intervertebral discs of IDD rats after moxibustion treatment. *P < 0.05 vs. sham-operated rats; #P < 0.05 vs. IDD rats. The measurement data were expressed as the mean ± standard error. Comparisons among multiple groups were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. Three parallel experiments were repeated; n = 14.