PMID: 19916291Nov 18, 2009Paper

Effect of acupuncture and moxibustion of Shu- and Mu-acupoints on the quality of life in patients chronic superficial gastritis

Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
Rong Ren, Li-Xing Zhuang

Abstract

To observe the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture plus moxibustion (EA-Moxi) of combined Shu- and Mu-acupoints on the symptoms and quality of daily life in chronic superficial gastritis (CSG) patients. Sixty cases were randomly divided into EA-Moxi group (n = 30) and medication group (n = 30). For patients of the former group, EA (50 Hz, 3 mA) was applied to Zhongwan (CV 12), bilateral Weishu (BL 21), bilateral Zusanli (ST 36), in combination with bilateral Ganshu (BL 18) and Qimen (LR 14) for patients with liver-stomach disharmony syndrome, and with moxibustion of Zhongwan (CV 12), bilateral Weishu (BL 21), bilateral Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20) and Zhangmen (LR 13) for those with spleen-stomach deficiency syndrome. The treatment was administrated once a day, five days a week for 4 weeks. The patients of medication group were treated with Omeperazole (20 mg, qd.) capsules. The total course of treatment was 4 weeks. Clinical therapeutic effects were evaluated according to some related standards, and the quality of life was assessed by SF-36 questionnaire. After the treatment, of the 30 cases in EA-Moxi and medication groups, 6 (20.0%) and 3 (10.0%) were cured, 16 (53.3%) and 8 (26.7%) experienced marked improvement, 5 (...Continue Reading

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