OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect difference between acupuncture and moxibustion for functional dyspepsia (FD). METHODS:Sixty patients with FD were randomized into an acupuncture group (29 cases with 1 rejecting) and a moxibustion group (27 cases with 3 dropping). The corresponding manipulations for 4 courses were applied at Zhongwan (CV 12) and Zusanli (ST 36) in the two groups, continuous 5 times as 1 course with 2 days between two courses, once a day and total 20 times. Leed's dyspepsia questionnaire (LDQ) and Nepean dyspepsia index (NDI) were tested before and after treatment, and safety was evaluated. RESULTS: After treatment, the total LDQ scores decreased in the two groups (both P<0.01), with statistical different value between the two groups (P<0.05). Upper abdominal pain, early satiety, epigastric burning in the acupuncture group were improved more obviously compared with those in the moxibustion group (all P<0.01). The NDI scores in the two groups increased after treatment (both P<0.01), without statistical different value before and after treatment (P>0.05). CONCLUSION:Acupuncture and moxibustion are effective for FD and acupuncture shows superiority.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect difference between acupuncture and moxibustion for functional dyspepsia (FD). METHODS: Sixty patients with FD were randomized into an acupuncture group (29 cases with 1 rejecting) and a moxibustion group (27 cases with 3 dropping). The corresponding manipulations for 4 courses were applied at Zhongwan (CV 12) and Zusanli (ST 36) in the two groups, continuous 5 times as 1 course with 2 days between two courses, once a day and total 20 times. Leed's dyspepsia questionnaire (LDQ) and Nepean dyspepsia index (NDI) were tested before and after treatment, and safety was evaluated. RESULTS: After treatment, the total LDQ scores decreased in the two groups (both P<0.01), with statistical different value between the two groups (P<0.05). Upper abdominal pain, early satiety, epigastric burning in the acupuncture group were improved more obviously compared with those in the moxibustion group (all P<0.01). The NDI scores in the two groups increased after treatment (both P<0.01), without statistical different value before and after treatment (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Acupuncture and moxibustion are effective for FD and acupuncture shows superiority.
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Point CV 12 (Zhongwan); Point ST 36 (Zusanli); acupuncture therapy; functional dyspepsia; moxibustion therapy; randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Authors: Amnon A Berger; Yao Liu; Kevin Jin; Alicia Kaneb; Alexandra Welschmeyer; Elyse M Cornett; Alan David Kaye; Farnad Imani; Seyed-Hosein Khademi; Giustino Varrassi; Omar Viswanath; Ivan Urits Journal: Anesth Pain Med Date: 2021-03-17