Can moxibustion, an ancient treatment modality, be evaluated in a double-blind randomized controlled trial? - a narrative review / 中西医结合学报
Journal of Integrative Medicine
;
(12): 131-134, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-308203
ABSTRACT
For thousands of years, moxibustion has been used for various diseases in China and other Asian countries. Despite the recent surge in Chinese herbal studies, few randomized controlled trials have been conducted on this modality, possibly due to the lacking of suitable double blinding methodology. This is a review of extant sham moxa devices and an introduction to a recently developed device that needs further validation.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Double-Blind Method
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Moxibustion
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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