Clinical Observation on 400 Cases of Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy of Wind-Cold-Damp Syndrome Treated with Warming Moxibustion Using Moxa Stick with Different Herbal Components
ZHAO Na, XIE Chen, CHEN Yunfei. Clinical Observation on 400 Cases of Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy of Wind-Cold-Damp Syndrome Treated with Warming Moxibustion Using Moxa Stick with Different Herbal Components[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(12): 1024-1027.
ZHAO Na, XIE Chen, CHEN Yunfei. Clinical Observation on 400 Cases of Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy of Wind-Cold-Damp Syndrome Treated with Warming Moxibustion Using Moxa Stick with Different Herbal Components[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(12): 1024-1027.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.12.010.
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of moxa stick with different herbal components in the treatment of 400 cases of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. Methods Four hundred cases of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy with wind-cold-damp syndrome were randomly divided into treatment group( moxa stick with herbs
normal proportion)
pure moxa stick group( only moxa) and control groups 1 to 6( analogous moxa stick made of different proportions of herbs)
with 50 cases in each group. Each group was given mild-warm moxibustion once every two days for 90 days. The clinical efficacy
as well as the improvement of percentage of neuropathic pain questionnaire( NPQ) and visual analogue scores( VAS) of each group were observed. Results The total effective rate of the efficacy in treatment group
pure moxa stick group
control group 1
control group 2
control group 3
control group 4
control group 5 and control group 6 was 98. 0%
84. 0%
78. 0%
70. 0%
62. 0%
88. 0%
84. 0% and82. 0%
respectively. The total effective rate in treatment group was significantly higher than that in pure moxa stick group and in control group 1 to 6( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). The total effective rate in pure moxa stick group and control group 4
5
6 were significantly higher than that in control group 3( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). The percentage of NPQ and VAS score in each group were both decreased after treatment compared with those before treatment( P <0. 05 or P < 0. 01). After treatment
the percentage of NPQ and VAS score in treatment group were both significantly lower than those in pure moxa stick group and the control group 1 to 6( P < 0. 01)
and the percentage of NPQ and VAS score in pure moxa stick group and control group 1
4
5
6 were significantly lower than those in control group3( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). Conclusion Medicinal moxa stick seems to have better clinical effect in the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy with wind-cold-damp syndrome. Moxa combined with three Chinese herbs seem to have the best clinical effect.