[Frozen shoulder due to cold damp treated with acupuncture and moxibustion on tender points].
OBJECTIVE
To search for a better method for frozen shoulder due to cold damp.


METHODS
Sixty cases of frozen shoulder were randomly divided into an acupuncture-moxibustion group (32 cases) and an acupuncture group (28 cases). Acupuncture was applied mainly at Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14) and Jianzhen (SI 9) in either group. In acupuncture-moxibustion group, moxibustion on tender points was supplemented.


RESULTS
In acupuncture-moxibustion group, 7 cases were cured, 15 cases markedly effective, 9 cases improved and 1 case failed. The cured and markedly effective rate was 68.8% and the effective rate was 96.9%. In acupuncture group, 2 cases were cured, 9 cases markedly effective, 13 cases improved and 4 cases failed. The cured and markedly effective rate was 39.3% and the effective rate was 85.7%. The cured and markedly effective rate in acupuncture-moxibustion group was superior to that in acupuncture group (P < 0.05) and there was no significant difference in the effective rate statistically between two groups (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with moxibustion on tender points is superior to that of simple acupuncture on frozen shoulder due to cold damp.
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Anshun People's Hospital of Guizhou Province, Anshun 561000, China. xh3220939@126.com
Xiao-Hui
XH
Wang
Yuan-Zhong
YZ
Xu
Wen-Biao
WB
Hu
Zhi-Guang
ZG
He
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D002062:Bursitis / Q000628:therapy*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*