Observation on clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with direct moxibustion with fine-strip moxa for 62 cases of herpes zoster
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Observation on clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with direct moxibustion with fine-strip moxa for 62 cases of herpes zoster
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W J Acupunct Moxi (2014), Li Meng.
Abstract
To evaluate the clinical effect of acupuncture combined with direct moxibustion with fine-strip moxa for herpes zoster. Sixty-two patients with herpes zoster were randomly divided into two groups according to attendance number, 32 in acupuncture group and 30 in western medicine group. The patients in the acupuncture group were treated by acupuncture at the nidus-related nerve segments Jiaj ( EX-B2) in combination with direct moxibustion with fine-strip moxa, while the patients in the western medicine group were treated by oral valaciclovir hydrochloride, vitamin B1, vitamin B12. The times of response, incrustation and decrustation were observed respectively, and pain relief degree of the two groups were compared.
Alternative Title
W J Acupunct Moxi
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Date
Date Created
1/22/2015
Language
Chinese
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Journal Article
doi
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1003-5257(14)60019-2
issn
1003-5257
issue
2
page end
18
page start
15
volume
24