[Clinical study on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of plaque of carotid atherosclerosis].
OBJECTIVE
To observe effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on carotid plaque in the patient of carotid atherosclerosis due to ischemic cerebrovascular disease.


METHODS
Sixty cases were randomly divided into an acup-mox group and a drug group, 30 cases in each group. Plaque of carotid atherosclerosis and quality of the plaque were investigated by color B-ultrasonography and the thickness and area of the plaque were calculated.


RESULTS
The resolution rate of the plaque was 53.9% in the acup-mox group and 10.0% in the drug group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01), and with better effects on flat plaque and soft plaque. And the thickness and area of the plaque of corotid atherosclerosis were significantly reduced.


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture and moxibustion can improve the plaque of corotid atherosclerosis, so as to alleviate and prevent from occurrence and development of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.
Wang
Wei-Zhi
WZ
The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin TCM College, Tian-jin 300193, China. wangweizhi@sina.com
Song
Ping
P
Wang
Zhan-Kui
ZK
D026881:Acupuncture; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion