Clinical observation on cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion for treatment of knee osteoarthritis / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
;
(12): 17-19, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-262060
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe clinical therapeutic effect of monkshood cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion at Zusanli (ST 36) and Xiyan (EX-LE 5) on knee osteoarthritis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The patients of monkshood cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion group were treated with monkshood cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion at Dubi (ST 35), Zusanli (ST 36) and Neixiyan (EX-LE 4) on the affected side, and the medication group with oral administration of Xianling Gubao Capsules. After treatment for 4 weeks, VAS and index of severity of osteoarthritis (ISOA scale) were used for assessment of clinical therapeutic effect.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment, the arthralgia and the index of severity significantly improved in the two groups (P < 0.01), and the analgesic effect and improvement of ISOA in the monkshood cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion group were better than those in the medication group (P < 0.05). The basic clinical cured rate was 80.0% and the effect-producing time was (10.91 +/- 4.17) days in the monkshood cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion group, and 53.3% and (12.28 +/- 4.60) days in the medication group, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Therapeutic effect of monkshood cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion on knee osteoarthritis is better than that of oral administration of Xianling Gubao Capsules.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Therapeutics
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Osteoarthritis, Knee
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Methods
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Moxibustion
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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