[Randomized controlled clinical study on ginger-partitioned moxibustion for patients with cold-damp stagnation type primary dysmenorrhea].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effect of ginger-partitioned moxibustion in the treatment of patients with primary dysmenorrhea (PD) of cold-damp stagnation type.


METHODS
A total of 209 PD patients were randomized into moxibustion group (n=105) and control group (medication group, n=104). Patients of the former group were treated with ginger-partitioned moxibustion at Shenque (CV 8) and Guanyuan (CV 4), once daily for 3 days in the first menstrual cycle, and 3 days before menstruation and once daily for 6 days in the 2nd and 3rd menstrual cycles, and those of control group were asked to take Yueyueshu Granules (a Chinese herbal patent drug for relieving PD). Clinical symptom scores were assessed before and after the treatment.


RESULTS
After the treatment, of the 105 and 104 cases in the moxibustion and control groups, the cured, markedly effective, effective and failed cases were 58 (55.24%) and 32 (30.77%), 37 (35.24%) and 33 (31.73%), 5 (4.76%) and 24 (23.08%), and 5 (4.76%) and 15 (14.42%), respectively. The total therapeutic effect of moxibustion group wassignificantly better than that of control group (P<0.01). The effects of moxibustion for relieving mild, moderate and severe dysmenorrhea were evidently superior to those of medication (P<0.01). The symptom scores after the treatment and 3 months of post-treatment in moxibustion group were significantly lower than those of control group (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Ginger-partitioned moxibustion therapy was effective for PD of cold-damp stagnation type.
Sun
Li-hong
LH
College of Chinese Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050091, China. slh5991@163.com
Ge
Jian-jun
JJ
Yang
Ji-jun
JJ
She
Yan-fen
YF
Li
Wen-li
WL
Li
Xin-hua
XH
Yuan
Jun
J
Li
Zhi-bin
ZB
Lu
Yong-jian
YJ
Bi
Xiu-xia
XX
Li
Mei
M
Geng
Yong-hong
YH
Wang
Tong
T
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult