Objective:To observe the effect of medicinal cake-separted moxibustion on the expression of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K),protein kinase B(AKT)and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)in abdominal aorta of rabbits with atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque.Methods:New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into 5 groups,including blank group,model group,direct moxibustion group,medicinal cake-separted moxibustion group and western medicine group.Rabbits with AS vulnerable plaque model were fed with high-fat diet combined with balloon injury o...