[Clinical study on moxibustion for treatment of abnormal blood lipids].
OBJECTIVE
To observe clinical therapeutic effect of moxibustion on abnormal blood lipids.


METHODS
The patients who did not take the medicine for regulating blood lipids and had still abnormal blood lipids after diet therapy for 3 months, were divided into 4 groups according to different types of abnormal blood lipids. Forty cases selected in each group were again divided randomly into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group were treated with moxibustion at Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36) and Shenque (CV 3) on the basis of diet therapy, and the control group only with the diet therapy. Their therapeutic effects were observed and compared after treatment of 90 days.


RESULTS
There were significant differences between the treatment group and the control group in various groups of different types of abnormal blood lipids (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Moxibustion at Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36) and Shenque (CV 3) has a better therapeutic effect on abnormal blood lipids.
Li
Jian-Ping
JP
Xuhui District Central Hospital, Shanghai 200031, China.
Yao
Yong-Nian
YN
He
Pei-Da
PD
Gan
Xia-Man
XM
Fan
Fang-Ling
FL
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion
D008055:Lipids