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Clinical Investigation on Grain Moxibustion for Chronic Intractable Diarrhea

Liang Wei-chao

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Objective To observe the clinical effect of grain moxibustion in treating chronic intractable diarrhea.Method Sixty patients with chronic intractable diarrhea were randomized into a treatment group and a control group,30 in each.The treatment group was managed by grain moxibustion,and the control group was by orally administrated Chinese medication.The clinical effect was compared between the two groups after a treatment course.Result The total effective rate was 83.3% in the treatment group versus 63.3% in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion Grain moxibustion is an effective way in treating chronic intractable diarrhea.

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Key concepts: Moxibustion, Medicine, Diarrhea, Chronic diarrhea, Acupuncture, Clinical efficacy, Treatment and control groups, Internal medicine