[Clinical application of acupuncture and moxibustion to the treatment of gouty arthritis and analysis on their therapeutic effects].
In the present paper, the authors make a summary on the clinical application of acu-moxibustion therapy in the treatment of gouty arthritis in recent 10 years. Acupuncture needles often used are filiform needle, red-hot needle, moxibustion-warmed needle and three-edged needle. Clinical studies have showed that acupuncture therapy has a definite efficacy in relieving gouty arthritis and has its clinical characteristics, such as faster efficacy, lower relapse rate, etc. in comparison with medication.
Lin
Cai-xia
CX
College of Acu-moxibustion, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. doctorlincaixia@126.com
Ma
Hui-fang
HF
Ma
Wen-zhu
WZ
Zhou
Pei-juan
PJ
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion