ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of moxibustion plus anus-lifting exercise in preventing hemorrhoids relapse.Method Seventy eligible patients with mixed hemorrhoids whose symptoms had been released by conservative treatment were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 35 cases in each group. The treatment group was intervened by moxibustion plus anus-lifting exercise, while the control group only practiced anus-lifting exercise. The intervention was conducted successively for 4 weeks. Symptoms including hematochezia, bearing-down pain, prolapse, and size of hemorrhoid were scored in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th treatment weeks as well as the 4th week after the intervention, meanwhile, the relapse rates of the above symptoms were observed.Result In the 3rd treatment week, there were significant differences in comparing the scores of prolapse, bearing-down pain, and hemorrhoid size between the two groups (allP<0.05); in the 4th treatment week and the 4th week after the intervention, there were significant differences in comparing the scores of hematochezia, prolapse, bearing-down pain and hemorrhoid size between the two groups (allP<0.05); in the 4th week after the intervention, there were significant differences in comparing the relapse rates of hematochezia, bearing-down pain, prolapse and hemorrhoid size between the two groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Moxibustion plus anus-lifting exercise can produce a significant efficacy in preventing the hemorrhoids relapse.