Effect of Thunder-Fire moxibustion on night-urine symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia

VernacularTitle:雷火灸治疗中老年良性前列腺增生夜尿症状的效果观察及护理
Author: Shaoxia WU ¹ ; Wenqi YU ; Juan LIU ; Shoulun ZHU
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1. 广州中医药大学第二附属医院
Keywords: Thunder-fire Moxibustion; benign prostatic hyperplasia; nocturnal urine symptoms
From: Modern Clinical Nursing 2019;18(1):42-45
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of Thunder-fire Moxibustion on nocturnal urinary symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Methods According to hospitalized number from January to December 2018, 61 BPH patients with frequent nocturnal urination were divided into control group (treated with routine nursing and drug therapy) and observation group, where the Thunder-fire moxibustion was used once a day for one course of treatment every 10 days for 3 courses of treatment. The effect was observed by looking into the number of nocturnal urine and the prostate symptoms. Result After the treatment, the number of nocturnal urine in the observation group was smaller than that in the control group, and the IPSS score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P ＜0.001), and no adverse reactions were observed. Conclusion The Thunder-fire Moxibustion combined with drug therapy can improve nocturnal urinary symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia in a safe way.