title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of warming needle moxibustion combined with medicine on 128 cases of myasthenia gravis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe clinical therapeutic effect of warming needle moxibustion combined with medicine on myasthenia gravis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty-eight patients were treated with warming needle moxibustion combined with oral administration of serial preparations of Zhongjiling and intravenous drip of Jiweiling Injectio for one month.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-one cases were cured, 17 cases were basically cured, 12 cases were markedly effective, 11 cases improved and 7 cases were ineffective, with a total effective rate of 94.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Warming needle moxibustion combined with oral administration of serial preparations of Zhongjiling and intravenous drip of Jiweiling Injectio has a definite therapeutic effect on myasthenia gravis.
authors.affiliation: Yiling Hospital Affiliated to Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050091, China. xufq790@tom.com
authors.forename: Feng-quan
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hong-xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*