[Clinical observation on drug-separated moxibustion at the navel for anti-aging].
OBJECTIVE; To observe clinical therapeutic effect and the mechanism of drug-separated moxibustion at the navel for delaying aging.


METHODS
Seventy-one cases were randomly divided into 3 groups. The group of drug-separated moxibustion at the navel (n=30) were treated with drug-separated moxibustion at the navel, twice each week; the acupuncture group (n=21) with acupuncture at Shenshu (BL 23) and Taixi (KI 3) as main points once each day; the western medicine group (n=20) with oral administration of vitamin E capsules, 0. 1 g each time, twice daily. Their clinical therapeutic effects, and changes of cumulative scores, serum SOD activities and MDA contents after treatment were compared among the 3 groups.


RESULTS
After treatment, clinical symptoms in the 3 groups very significantly improved (P < 0.01), with the group of drug-separated moxibustion at the navel more significantly improved (P < 0.01); in the 3 groups, SOD activities significantly increased (P < 0.01) and serum MDA contents significantly decreased (P < 0.01), and SOD activity and MDA content in the group of drug-separated moxibustion at the navel were not significantly different from those in the acupuncture group (P > 0.05), but significantly different from those in the western medicine group (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The drug-separated moxibustion at the navel can significantly delay aging.
Acupuncture & Moxibustion College, Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250014, China. gaoshuzhong@163.com
Shu-zhong
SZ
Gal
Jun
J
Wang
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood
D008315:Malondialdehyde; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase