Cardio-Cerebral Protective Effect of Moxibustion on Phlegm-Dampness Type Hypertension: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Ling Cheng   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Ning Bai   ^{2 *} , MM ;   Liang Zheng   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Lulu Cao   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Huangan Wu   ⁴ , PhD ;   Ruiping Wang   ⁵ , PhD ;   Chen Zhao   ⁶ , PhD ;   Yunli Shen   ¹ , PhD ;   Haiyin Zhao   ⁷ , MB ;   Gang Li   ¹ , PhD ;   Bing Yang   ¹ , PhD ;   Qinghui Yang   ¹ , PhD ;   Yan Xing   ¹ , PhD ;   Jianhong Cao   ¹ , PhD ;   Yixing Wang   ¹ , PhD ;   Ling Xu   ¹ , MM ;   Junjie Yan   ¹ , MM ;   Jie Cao   ¹ , MBBS ;   Yiyang Guo   ¹ , MBBS

¹ Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department of East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China

² Shanghai Jinshan Traditional Chinese Medicine-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai, China

³ State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

⁴ Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai, China

⁵ Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Medical School, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

⁶ Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁷ Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, City, China

*these authors contributed equally