title: [Effects of mild warming moxibustion on acupoints Shenque (RN8) and Guanyuan (RN4) for prevention and treatment of recurrent respiratory tract infection in children with cerebral palsy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical effect of mild warming moxibustion (MWM) on acupoints Shenque (RN8) and Guanyuan (RN4) for treatment of recurrent respiratory tract infection (RRTI) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-four CP patients with RRTI were randomly and equally assigned to two groups, all received conventional rehabilitation treatment, but in acute infection stage, MWM was applied on the treated group, and intravenous dripping of immunoglobulin was given to the control group, all for 3 months. The frequency of RRTI attacking (Fre), the mean cough alleviating time (T-CA) and rale disappearing time (T-RA) during infection, as well as the serum levels of immune globulins during the post-treatment 1-year follow-up period were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effectiveness in the treated group was better than that in the control group, showing in aspects of Fre (2.38 +/- 0.64 times vs. 6.50 +/- 0.84 times), T-CA (3.92 +/- 1.32 days vs. 6.48 +/- 2.18 days) and T-RA (4.66 +/- 1.82 days vs. 7.64 +/- 1.44 days), significant difference was shown between groups (P < 0.01). The serum levels of IgG, IgM and IgA all raised in both two groups (P < 0.05), comparison of immunoglobulin levels between groups showed that they were lower immediately after treatment, but higher at the end of the 1-year follow-up in the treated group than those in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MWM on acupoints Shengue and Guanyuan has a better and long-term clinical effect for treatment of RRTI in children with CP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing.
authors.forename: Hong-Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sheng-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Nong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055502:Secondary Prevention