Clinical Research Of Wheat Moxibustion In Treating Knee Osteoarthritis With Yang Deficiency And Cold Coagulation Syndrome

ObjectiveAlong with progress of science and technology and the rapid development of modern economy,the higher and higher living quality,the diversification of diet,overweight people increased,in the crowd of knee osteoarthritis also gradually increased,especially among middle-aged and old people.The disease was complicated and difficult to cure,which seriously affects the daily life of patients.Currently,patients with acute onset of acute disease are treated with oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs,but their side effects are large which damaged gastric mucosa.More serious patients will choose surgical treatment,such as knee arthroplasty and arthroscopy,but surgical treatment is costly and with many complications,and often not accepted by patients.Compared with surgical therapy,acupuncture has the advantage of green,safe,good effect and easy operation can easily accepted and widely used in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis clinically.In this study,we used the wheat moxibustion and mild moxibustion to compare the clinical effect in treating knee osteoarthritis with Yang Deficiency and Cold Coagulation Syndrome.Of this study was to seek a way to make greatest advantage in treating knee osteoarthritis with yang deficiency and cold coagulation syndrome in order to highlight the feature of moxibustion、 fast、cheap、convenient and easy.MethodsIn the study,the targets are selected from department of outpatient and ward of The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Trad itional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Gua ngdong Province.60 cases of patients with diagnosis of knee osteoarthriti s with yang deficiency and cold coagulation syndrome were randomly divide d into observation group and control group,each of 30 cases.The observa tion group was treated by wheat moxibustion,while the control group was treated by mild moxibustion.The Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)scores and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index(WOMAC)were used to evaluate the clinical effect.The above questionnaires were used before and after the treatment.SPSS 19.0 was used to analyze the data.ResultsAfter the treatment,two therapeutic methods made great difference in reducing the pain scale,the every index and total score of the osteoarthritis index,which had very significant difference after the statistical analysis(P <0.05),it showed that wheat moxibustion group and mild moxibustion group were all effective in alleviating pain,stiffness and knee joint function.After the end of the treatment,the pain scale,the every index and total score of the osteoarthritis index in the observation group were better than those of the control group,the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P <0.05),which showed wheat moxibustion group was better than mild moxibustion group in alleviating pain,stiffness and knee joint function.Compared the heal,excellent,effective and invalid of the two groups after treatment,there was statistical significant between the two groups(P <0.05).ConclusionThe two methods of treatment all had significant curative effect and could relieve the symptoms of patients.Compared the improve of each index,the wheat moxibustion group was better than mild moxibustion group.So the curative effect of the wheat moxibustion was superior to the mild moxibustion group.Anyway,the wheat moxibustion was a traditional therapy which was convenient,green and secure and it should be widely used in clinic.