Wrist-ankle acupuncture and ginger moxibustion for preventing gastrointestinal reactions to chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial / 中国结合医学杂志
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
;
(12): 697-702, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-310848
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the effects of wrist-ankle acupuncture combined with ginger moxibustion against gastrointestinal tract reactions (nausea, vomiting, and constipation) to chemotherapy in cancer patients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 60 patients with gynecological tumors treated by chemotherapy were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group (30 cases) underwent wrist-ankle acupuncture and ginger moxibustion, whereas tropisetron hydrochloride and dexamethasone were intravenously administered to the control group (30 cases) during chemotherapy.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The frequency of nausea in the treatment group was significantly less than that of the control group from the 2nd to the 5th day of chemotherapy (P<0.01). The anti-emetic effect in the treatment group was significantly better than that in the control group on the 3rd day of therapy (P<0.05). The incidence rate of constipation was significantly lower in the treatment group than that in the control group (P<0.01). Furthermore, the cost of therapy for the treatment group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.01). Only 1 patient manifested a post-acupuncture side effect in the form of subcutaneous blood stasis.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Wrist-ankle acupuncture combined with ginger moxibustion could prevent gastrointestinal tract reactions to chemotherapy in cancer patients. In addition, the proposed method had fewer side effects, lower cost, and less risk.</p>
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Main subject:
Physiology
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Therapeutics
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Vomiting
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Wrist
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Acupuncture Therapy
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Chemistry
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Constipation
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Ginger
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
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Ankle
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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