Observation on clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with direct moxibustion with fine-strip moxa for 62 cases of herpes zoster

• Published in: World journal of acupuncture-moxibustion 2014-06, Vol.24 (2), p.15,24-18,24
• Main Authors: LI, Meng, GOU, Chun-yan, WANG, Yi-gang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: acupuncture therapy; fine-strip moxa; herpes zoster; randomized controlled trial
• ISSN: 1003-5257
• DOI: 10.1016/S1003-5257(14)60019-2

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 Jiāj▪ (▪ 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. The response time, incrustation time and decrustation time of the acupuncture group were all less than those of the western medicine group [(1.74±0.43) days vs (3.86±0.58) days, (2.03±0.52) days vs (5.46±0.65) days, (5.14±0.33) days vs (8.34±0.59) days, all P