On 30 Cases of Knee Osteoarthritis Treated with Duhuo Jisheng Decoction Combined with Moxibustion

Objective:To observe the curative effects of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction combined with moxibustion in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.Methods:60 cases of knee osteoarthritis were randomly and equally divided into the treatment group and the control group.The treatment group were given orally Duhuo Jisheng Decoction combined with moxibustion treatment,and the control group were given orally Celecoxib Capsules,two groups being treated for 20 days.The Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index(WOMAC) were used as the observation index.Results:5 cases of the treatment group were clinically cured,17 cases being markedly effective,5 cases effective,and 3 cases invalid,and the effective rate being 90%; 6 cases of the control group were cured clinically,13 cases being markedly effective,9 cases effective,2 cases invalid,and the effective rate being 93.30%.The difference between the two groups was not?statistically?significant(P 0.05).After treatment,the VAS score and WOMAC score of the two groups were significantly?decreased?compared?with?those?before?treatment,the?difference?being?statistically?significant(P 0.01), and the decrease of the WOMAC score of the treatment group was better than that of the control group(P 0.05). Conclusion:Duhuo Jisheng Decoction combined with moxibustion has a better curative effect on the treatment of knee osteoarthritis than that of Celecoxib Capsules,being safer.