Therapeutic Observation of Herb-partitioned Moxibustion at Umbilicus for Chronic Prostatitis Due to Kidney-qi Insufficiency / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of herb-partitioned moxibustion (HPM) at umbilicus in treating chronic prostatitis due to kidney-qi insufficiency. Method Sixty patients with chronic prostatitis due to kidney-qi insufficiency were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 30 cases each. The treatment group was intervened by HPM, and the control group was treated with oral medication. The two groups were evaluated by using the National Health Institute-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) and the count of white blood cell of expressed prostatic secretion (EPS-WBC) before and after the intervention, and the clinical efficacies of the two groups were compared. Result The total effective rate was 90.0％ in the treatment group versus 75.9％ in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The NIH-CPSI component scores were significantly changed in both groups after the treatment (P<0.01). There were no significant differences in the component scores of NIH-CPSI between the two groups after the treatment (P>0.05). The EPS-WBC count changed significantly in both groups after the treatment (P<0.01). After the intervention, the EPS-WBC count in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion HPM at umbilicus is an effective method in treating chronic prostatitis due to kidney-qi insufficiency.