[Randomized controlled study on ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion at shenque (CV 8) on urination disorders poststroke].
OBJECTIVE
To probe the therapeutic effect and safety of ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion on urination disorders poststroke.


METHODS
Eighty-two cases of cerebral apoplexy, including cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage, with urination disorders induced by neurogenic bladder at restoration stage were randomly divided into a treatment group treated with ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion at Shenque (CV 8) and routine acupuncture, and a control group treated with routine acupuncture. Thirty-nine cases in the treatment group and 36 cases in the control group completed all treatments. The treatment was given 5 times each week and the therapeutic effects were observed after treatment of 3 consecutive weeks.


RESULTS
Ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion in improvement of mean urination times of each day, mean times to be asked to awaken for the nursing personnel at night, mean times of urgent urinary incontinence at day for the patient, cases-times of urinary incontinence of the patient at night, and increasing degree of urinary incontinence was better than the control group (P<0.01, P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion is a safe and effective therapy for urination disorders poststroke.
Liu
Hui-lin
HL
Acupuncture Section, Beijing TCM Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China. lhlxwy@hotmail.com
Wang
Lin-peng
LP
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D020939:Zingiber officinale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000628:therapy*