[Observation on therapeutic effect of moxibustion and exercise for children with short stature of deficience of the kidney essence].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of moxibustion and exercise comprehensive scheme intervention for children with short stature of deficience of the kidney essence.


METHODS
Twenty four cases of children in 12 to 14 years old were selected, 12 male and 12 female, they were treated with comprehensive therapy of exercise therapy and moxibustion. Running and jumping were selected as main exercise therapy, it became a suitable exercise amount when the heart rate reach to 150 to 170 times per minute, thrice each week, 35 to 45 minutes each time. After exercises they were treated with moxibustion, Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhu (BL 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Geshu (BL 17) etc. were selected. After treatment for half a year, the changes of the body height, body weight, bone age(BA), growth hormone (GH), testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) were compared before and after treatment.


RESULTS
The body height and bone age of the boys and girls were significantly higher than those before treatment (all P<0.05), the growth of body height was more than 4 cm, the growth of bone age was more than 0.5 years old in half a year; the testosterone of all children was significantly increased (all P<0.05), and there were no significant differences in body weight, GH and E2 compared to those before treatment (all P>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Moxbustion and exercise comprehensive scheme can effectively improve the children with short stature of deficience of the kidney essence, the mechanism is related to the improving of the testosterone level.
Tan
Ke-li
KL
Department of Art and Sports, Hunan University of TCM, Changsha, China.
He
Jun-feng
JF
Qu
Ya-ting
YT
Xie
Meng-zhou
MZ
Lei
Xiao-ming
XM
Dai
Fei-yue
FY
D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009071:Moxibustion; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol