Objective: To investigate and compare the effects of Electrothermal Bian-stone moxibustion and traditional box-moxibustion on capillary blood perfusion in the body surface.Methods: Twenty healthy subjects,18 females and 2 males,aged averagely 36 years,were enrolled in this experiment.The traditional box-moxibustion and electrothermal Bian-stone moxibustion were respectively given on the hypogastrium around Guanyuan(CV 4),and the changes of local capillary blood perfusion in the body surface were investigated with Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging(LDPI).Results: The traditional box-moxibustion was superior to the electrothermal Bian-stone moxibustion in the transient increasing effect in whole body and the long-term increasing effect in the local area of moxibustion on capillary blood perfusion; but for both methods,the increasing effect on the capillary blood perfusion in the local area of moxibustion was same.Conclusion: Electrothermal Bian-stone moxibustion can not completely take the place of the traditional box-moxibustion; but for some disorders with local pain,they possibly have the same effects.