[Observation on therapeutic effect of warming acupuncture and moxibustion combined with Chinese drugs on ovarian cysts].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and moxibustion combined with Chinese herbs on ovarian cysts.


METHODS
Forty-six cases were randomly divided into a treatment group of 26 cases and a control group of 20 cases. The treatment group were treated with warming acupuncture and moxibustion at Zigong (EX CA 1), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), etc. and oral administration of Chinese herbs Quyu Decoction, and the control group were treated with Quyu Decoction only. One month later, their therapeutic effects were observed.


RESULTS
The cured rate and the effective rate were 53.8% and 88.4% in the treatment group, and 15.0% and 85.0% in the control group, respectively, the cured rate in the treatment group being significantly better than that in the control group (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Warming acupuncture plus moxibustion combined with oral administration of Quyu Decoction can significantly increase the cured rate for ovarian cysts.
Li
Yan-mei
YM
Shandong Provincial Institute of TCM, Jinan, China.
Song
Li-zhong
LZ
Wang
Peng
P
Jiang
Hao-jie
HJ
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000284:Administration, Oral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion; D010048:Ovarian Cysts