Progress of Action Mechanism and Clinical Study on Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Promoting Postoperative Gastrointestinal Function Recovery of Colon Cancer.

Acupuncture and moxibustion have played a positive role in the postoperative rehabilitation of colon cancer, especially in the recovery of gastrointestinal function. In this paper, the current situation of the postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery of colon cancer treated by acupuncture and moxibustion was reviewed, from the following three aspects, including pathogenesis study, acute mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion, and clinical therapeutic methods of gastrointestinal dysfunction after colon cancer surgery. The mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion on postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery of is mainly to regulate neural pathways, improve inflammatory response, regulate gastrointestinal hormones, improve intestinal motility, increase intestinal blood flow, etc., through the interaction of neuro-endocrineimmune systems. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it is considered that pathogenesis of this disease is about spleen-stomach weakness, qi stagnation and blood stasis. The main pathogenic factors of this disease include deficiency, blood stasis, dampness, and heat pathogen. In acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, it should select acupoints according to pattern differentiation, and treat the root and branch simultaneously. The common clinical therapeutic methods include acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, moxibustion, auricular acupoint sticking and pressing method, acupoint injection, acupoint sticking method, and so on. These therapeutic methods have got remarkable curative effect, and provided basis for the selection of rehabilitation plan after colon cancer surgery in clinic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]