| Title | [Clinical observation on moving cupping therapy combined with moxibustion for treatment of senile habitual constipation] | | Author(s) | Jiang ZY, Li CD, Li JC, Gao L, Wang QF | | Institution | Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Sichuan 610072, China. zhenya@163.com | | Source | Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 2005 Dec; 25(12):853-4. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To explore an effective method for treatment of senile habitual constipation.
METHODS: Sixty-four cases were randomly divided into a treatment group treated with moving cupping at Hechelu plus Shenque (CV 8) Bazhenxue moxibustion, and a control group with oral administration of Tab phenolphthaleinum, 32 cases in each group. Improvement of constipation in the patients were observed and compared.
RESULTS: The short-term (14 days) clinical cured-markedly effective rate was 84.4% in the treatment group, which was significantly better than 59.4% of the control group (P < 0.05), and there was a significant difference between the two groups in the long-term (2 months) therapeutic effect (P < 0. 01).
CONCLUSION: Moving cupping at the Hechelu combined with Shenque (CV 8) Bazhenxue moxibustion is an effective method for senile habitual constipation. | | Language | chi | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16419707 |
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