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  • Title: [Clinical observation on acupuncture plus cake-separated moxibustion for treatment of chronic laryngitis].
    Author: Ma S, Liu XY.
    Journal: Zhongguo Zhen Jiu; 2007 Jul; 27(7):506-8. PubMed ID: 17722830.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective therapy for chronic laryngitis. Methods Ninety cases of chronic laryngitis were randomly divided into a treatment group of 60 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The treatment group were treated by acupuncture at Futu (LI 18), Renying (ST 9), Shuitu (ST 10), etc. , and cake-separated moxibustion at Yongquan (KI 1); the control group with oral administration of Huang's Xiang Sheng Pills. Their therapeutic effects were observed after treatment of 4 weeks. The relationship of syndrome types, pathological types and therapeutic effects with the therapeutic courses in the two groups were compar treatment of chronic . RESULTS: The total effective rate was 96.7 in the treatment group and 76.6% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01); the therapeutic effects for the yin-deficiency and lung-dryness type and the phlegm-heat accumulation type were superior to that of the control group (P < 0.05), and the therapeutic effect for the lung and spleen qi-deficiency type was similar to the control group. The therapeutic effect for chronic simple laryngitis was significantly better than that of the control group (P < 0.05); the therapeutic effect of hypertrophic laryngitis and atrophic laryngitis was similar to that of the control group. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture combined with cake-separated moxibustion has an obvious therapeutic effect on chronic laryngitis.
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