title: Observation of the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in 62 cases of chronic colitis.
abstract: 62 patients with chronic colitis were randomly divided into two groups. Acupuncture and moxibustion at acupoints such as Tianshu (St 25), Guanyuan (Ren 4) were applied in the treatment group, and western drugs were applied in the control group. The results showed that acupuncture and moxibustion had a marked curative effective with few side effects, and therefore was readily acceptable to the patients.
authors.affiliation: Liuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion