Mi Jian-Ping, Yu Zhuo-Shen
Traditional Therapy Center of Ersha Branch of Guangdong TCM Hospital, Guangzhou 510105, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2010 May;30(5):383-6.
To verify the clinical efficacy of warming moxibustion on cystic acne.
Ninety-four cases were randomized into an observation group, control group 1 and control group 2. The basic treatment of body acupuncture combined with fire needling was applied in all of three groups. In observation group, cone moxibustion was added on Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6) and Pishu (BL 20). In control group 1, Isotritinoin soft capsule was taken orally, and in control group 2, no any other therapy was administered. The efficacy, the scale change in skin lesion before and after treatment and adverse reactions were observed in three groups.
After treatment, the total effective rate was 84.4% (27/32) in observation group, was 71.0% (22/31) in control group 1 and was 51.6% (16/31) in control group 2. The efficacy in observation group was superior to that in control group 2 (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between observation group and control group 1 (P > 0.05). The improvement in skin lesion in observation group was equal to that in control group 1 (P > 0.05), and was superier to that in control group 2 (P < 0.05). Control group 1 presented some adverse reactions, such as dry skin and cheilitis.
Warming moxibustion can improve the efficacy of body acupuncture and fire needling on cystic acne, which is equal to the efficacy of Isotritinoin soft capsule, but no any adverse reaction is induced.
验证温灸治疗囊肿性痤疮的临床疗效。
将94例患者随机分为观察组、对照组1和对照组2。三组均采用体针结合火针的基础治疗。观察组在关元（CV 4）、气海（CV 6）和脾俞（BL 20）上加用艾炷灸。对照组1口服异维A酸软胶囊，对照组2不给予任何其他治疗。观察三组的疗效、治疗前后皮肤损害的量表变化及不良反应。
治疗后，观察组总有效率为84.4%（27/32），对照组1为71.0%（22/31），对照组2为51.6%（16/31）。观察组疗效优于对照组2（P < 0.05），但观察组与对照组1之间差异无统计学意义（P > 0.05）。观察组皮肤损害改善情况与对照组1相当（P > 0.05），优于对照组2（P < 0.05）。对照组1出现了一些不良反应，如皮肤干燥和唇炎。
温灸可提高体针结合火针治疗囊肿性痤疮的疗效，与异维A酸软胶囊疗效相当，但未引起任何不良反应。
