Thermal Properties of Direct and Indirect Moxibustion

A schematic diagram illustrating the experimental set up.

Temperature curves of direct moxibustion with four different airflows.

Duration time and maximum temperature of direct moxibustion with all airflows. A clear anti-correlation between the two properties can be observed.

Comparison between increase rate and decrease rate of direct moxibustion temperature.

Results of four consecutive moxibustion on a single garlic slice of (A) 1.0 mm, (B) 1.3 mm, (C) 1.5 mm, (D) 1.7 mm, (E) 2.5 mm and (F) 3.0 mm.

The temperature time course of airflow dependency measurement with the optimum garlic thickness of 1.7 mm.

Maximum temperature and duration time of a 1.7 mm garlic slice, extracted from the results in Figure 6.