Clinical observation on cake-separated mild-warm moxibustion for treatment of knee osteoarthritis / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
; (12): 17-19, 2008.
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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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Assunto principal:
Terapêutica
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Osteoartrite do Joelho
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Medicina Tradicional Chinesa
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Métodos
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Moxibustão
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article