[Observation on the therapeutic effect of warming needle moxibustion on prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of warming needle moxibustion on prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc.


METHODS
Seventy-eight cases were randomly divided into a test group and a control group, 39 cases in each group. The control group were treated with acupuncture at Shenshu (BIL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Yaoyangguan (GV 3) and Weizhong (BL, 40), etc. , and the test group with acupuncture at the same acupoints as in the control group plus warming needle moxibustion at Mingmen (GV 4), Yaoyangguan (GV 3) and Weizhong (BL 40).


RESULTS
The total effective rate of 94.9% in the test group was significantly better than 71.8% in the control group (P < 0.01). The incidence rate of needling sensation propagating along the channel (84.6%) in the test group was significantly higher than 56.4% in the control group (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
The warming needle moxibustion stimulating the needling sensation propagating along the channel has a better therapeutic effect on prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc.
He
Xing-Wei
XW
Department of Acupuncture-Rehabilitation, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi College of TCM, Nanchang 330006, China. dayingling@126.com
Huang
Jian-Hua
JH
Zeng
Li-Yuan
LY
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*