[Advances of clinical studies of acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize recent development of studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for prevention and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, so as to provide a basis and thinking for clinical scientific studies.


METHODS
More than 60 papers about clinical and experimental studies were reviewed, choosing clinically commonly-used acupoints and introducing mainly different therapeutic methods.


RESULTS
Acupuncture and moxibustion can prevent and cure rheumatoid arthritis with outstanding results.


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture and moxibustion have vast vistas for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Suzuki
Satoshi
S
College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing University of TCM, Beijing 100029, China. md_satoshi@hotmail.com
Tian
Wei
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Li
Xue-wu
XW
D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion