[Effect of moxibustion on immunological function in the patient of AIDS of spleen-kidney yang-deficiency].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of moxibustion on AIDS patients of spleen-kidney yang-deficiency.


METHODS
Sixty-six cases of AIDS were divided into a treatment group and a control group, 33 cases in each group. All of the patients were treated with HAART, with moxibustion at Tianshu (ST 25), Shenque (CV 8), Zhongwan (CV 12), Guanyuan (CV 4) added in the treatment group for 3 months. Clinical symptoms and cell immunity were recorded before and after treatment.


RESULTS
After treatment, the effective rate was 90.9% in the treatment group, which was better than 66.7% in the control group (P < 0.05). The improvement of the score for clinical symptoms in the treatment group was superior to that in the control group (P < 0.01). After treatment, the CD4 lymphocyte counts increased in the two groups, with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). Additionally, increase of total lymphocyte count in the treatment group was superior to that in the control group (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Moxibustion can increase the therapeutic effect of HAART on AIDS patients and increase the total lymphocyte count.
Wang
Jiang-Rong
JR
Shanghai Public Health Care Clinical Center, Shanghai 201508, China. wjrwjr13@yahoo.com.cn
Chen
Xia-Rong
XR
Zhang
Qin
Q
Liu
Xi-Nian
XN
Xu
Qing-Nian
QN
Lu
Hong-Zhou
HZ
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D013154:Spleen / Q000503:physiopathology; D016711:Yang Deficiency / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*