Division of Standard Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 305-811, South Korea.
Chin Med. 2010 Aug 5;5:28. doi: 10.1186/1749-8546-5-28.
Several studies reported that moxibustion was effective in treating constipation. This systematic review assesses the clinical evidence for or against moxibustion for treating constipation. Twelve databases were searched from their inception to March 2010. Only randomized clinical trials (RCTs) were included if they compared moxibustion with placebo, sham treatment, drug therapy or no treatment. The methodological quality of these RCTs was assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias analysis. All three RCTs included in the study had a high risk of bias. Two included studies found favorable effects of moxibustion. The third RCT showed significant effects in the moxibustion group. Given that the methodological quality of all RCTs was poor, the results from the present review are insufficient to suggest that moxibustion is an effective treatment for constipation. More rigorous studies are warranted.
多项研究报道艾灸治疗便秘有效。本系统评价评估了艾灸治疗便秘的临床证据。从建库开始到 2010 年 3 月，检索了 12 个数据库。只有将艾灸与安慰剂、假治疗、药物治疗或不治疗进行比较的随机对照试验（RCT）才被纳入。采用 Cochrane 偏倚风险分析评估这些 RCT 的方法学质量。纳入的 3 项 RCT 均存在高偏倚风险。其中 2 项研究发现艾灸有良好效果，第 3 项 RCT 显示艾灸组有显著效果。鉴于所有 RCT 的方法学质量均较差，本综述的结果不足以表明艾灸是治疗便秘的有效方法。需要进行更严格的研究。
