title: [Medicine-separated moxibustion combined with healthy guidance for improving human sub-healthy state].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe results of medicine-separated moxibustion combined with healthy guidance for improving human sub-healthy state and to probe the mechanism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-two sub-healthy persons from community were selected with health valuation method of traditional Chinese medicine and were treated with healthy guidance and medicine-separated moxibustion at selected points according to causes of disease, syndrome, clinical manifestations. At the same time, changes of clinical physical and chemical indexes and clinical symptoms before and after treatment were monitored.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, clinical symptoms and natural killer cells (NK) activity significantly increased (P<0.05); complement C3 and C4 levels significantly decreased and IgG level significantly increased (both P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medicine-separated moxibustion combined with healthy guidance direction can regulate functions of zang- and fu-organs and elevate immunity in the people of sub-healthy state, so as to improve sub-healthy state and increase quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Health-care Section, Liaocheng City TCM Hospital, Shandong 252000, China. liuyanying66@126.com
authors.forename: Yan-ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic