An ultrasonic moxa: its construction and feasibility test

Purpose: To explore the influence of anger on pulse parameters in healthy participants. Methods: Thirty healthy college students from Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected and were exposed to an anger-inducing video clip. Then their scores of emotions were evaluated by the participants’ selfreport at three time points: 10min before watching the video (T1), the moment when the video ends (T2) and 15min after the video has ended (T3). Meanwhile, pulse parameters were recorded by electropulsograph at the above three time points. Results: After watching the video, anger was successfully elicited in 29 participants (97%), with a score increased from 1.00 ± 0.00 to 5.56± 0.78 (P 0.05). Conclusion: This provides an evidence for the understanding of the relationship between anger emotion and pulse condition in Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM). This work was supported by NNSF(81473598) and 973 programe (2011CB505105) Contact: Tianfang Wang, tianfangwang2000@163.com