Objective To explore the mechanism of moxibustion in intervening inflammatory injury of Helicobacter pylori (lip) gastritis and protecting gastric mucosa. Methods Health SD rats ( n = 50) were randomly divided into blank group, Hp model group, acupoint moxibustion group, non-acupoint moxibustion group and electroacupuncture group (each n = 10 ). The rat model of lip gastritis was established by intragastrically giving of Hp. The content of tumor necrosis factor-or (TNF-α), interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β) , interleukin-12 (IL-12) and int...