Clinic research of treating vascular dementia by moxibustion at head points
- VernacularTitle:艾灸头部组穴治疗血管性痴呆的临床研究
- Author:
Pin WANG
;
Jun YANG
;
Fan YANG
;
Hao CHEN
;
Xueyong HUANG
;
Fei LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Vascular dementia;
Moxibustion;
Clinical research
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To study the effect of moxibustion at head points on vascular dementia in improving clinic symptoms and integration of scale and regulating blood fat. Methods: 63 cases of VaD patients were randomly divided into moxibustion treatment group and the Western medicine treatment group. After 3 periods of treatment, the integration changes of the examination scale (HDS), intelligent scale (MMSE), and scale of daily living (ADL) before and after treatment were compared. And the blood lipid cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDC-C) level were detected. Results: In the two groups, before and after treatment, the HDS, MMSE score compared with the ADL scale were significantly different (P