To Evaluate the Effect and Safety of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Treating Allergic Rhinitis Patients with Deficiency of Spleen qi

Objective:To observe the effect and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating allergic rhinitis patients with deficiency of spleen qi.Menthods:69 cases were randomly and double-blind divided into treated group(34 cases)and controlled group(35 cases),and treated respectively with acupuncture and moxibustion and regular loratadine tablet for 4 weeks with a followup survey of 3 months.In the treated group,acupuncture and moxibustion was done once a day in the first course of treatment while once every two days in the second course of treatment.While in the controlled group,loratadine tablet 10mg was taken once every night.Result:The effective rate is 94.12 %in the treated group and 94.29% in the controlled group.The differences of the therapeutical effect were not statistical significance(u=0.7,P0.05).In the course of the followup survey,the recurrence rate is 12.5%,of in the treated group and 48,48% in the controlled group.The differences were significant between the two groups(χ2=9.88,P0.01).The adverse reaction rate of the treated group was 0,while the controlled group was 8.57%.The differences between the two groups were not statistical significance(χ2=2.30,P0.05).Conclusion:acupuncture and moxibustion is effective and safe for the allergic rhinitis with deficiency of spleen qi.