Herb-partitioned Moxibustion on Shenque(CV 8) for Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome of Spleen Deficiency

Objective To compare the therapeutic effect of Herb-partitioned moxibustion on Shenque(CV 8) with farina-partitioned moxibustion in treating irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) of spleen deficiency type.Methods Forty patients with IBS of spleen deficiency type were randomized into a treatment group and a control group,20 in each.The treatment group was treated by herb-partitioned moxibustion,and the control was treated by farina-partitioned moxibustion.The therapeutic effects would be compared after treatment.Results Compared with pre-treatment,both groups had improvement in diarrhea scoring in short-term and follow-up stage(P0.01),and herb-partitioned moxibustion was better than farina-partitioned moxibustion in improving diarrhea symptom.Conclusion Navel therapy can effectively ameliorate diarrhea symptom and herb-partitioned moxibustion is better than farina-partitioned moxibustion.