[Controlled observation on Guan-moxibustion and suspended moxibustion for treatment of herpes simplex virus facial neuritis].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate clinical therapeutic effect of Guan-moxibustion on herpes simplex virus facial neuritis.


METHODS
One hundred and sixty cases were enrolled in 3 centers and 157 cases were completed the study. All he patients were randomly divided into 2 groups, a Guan-moxibustion group and a suspended moxibustion plus acupuncture group. All of them were treated with basic acupuncture, and the Guan-moxibustion group were added with Guan-moxibustion and the suspended moxibustion group with suspended moxibustion. They were treated for 8 weeks, and facial disability index (FDI) and House-Brackmann facial nerve grading system were used to assess therapeutic effects.


RESULTS
The effective rate was 91.0% in the Guan-moxibustion group and 72.2% in the suspended moxibustion group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05), the Guan-moxibustion being better than the suspended moxibustion group.


CONCLUSIONS
The therapeutic effect of Guan-moxibustion plus acupuncture on herpes simplex virus facial neuritis is better than that of suspended moxibustion plus acupuncture.
Tian
Fen-we
FW
Chongqing Academy of TCM, Chongqing 400013, China. tianfengwei@hotmail.com
Wang
Zhu-xing
ZX
Lu
Yu
Y
Gou
Chun-yan
CY
Wang
Hong
H
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005154:Facial Nerve; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D018139:Simplexvirus