title: [Effect of moxibustion on immunological function in the patient of AIDS of spleen-kidney yang-deficiency].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Public Health Care Clinical Center, Shanghai 201508, China. wjrwjr13@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Jiang-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xia-Rong
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xi-Nian
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qing-Nian
authors.initials: QN
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hong-Zhou
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: 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*