Application Status and Progress of Mimicking Moxibustion in Clinical Trials of Moxibustion
- VernacularTitle:模拟灸在艾灸临床试验中的应用现状与进展探析
- Author:
Di WANG
1
;
Yiyi CHEN
;
Zhe MA
;
Kunshan LI
;
Zhaoqin WANG
;
Cili ZHOU
;
Huirong LIU
;
Xiaopeng MA
;
Chunhui BAO
;
Huangan WU
Author Information
- Keywords: Moxibustion; mimicking moxibustion; placebo moxibustion; sham moxibustion; control; clinical trials; progress
- From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;20(9):1547-1554
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: In recent years, with the widespread clinical application of moxibustion, the clinical trials on moxibustion research are also increasing. However, the establishment of negative control of moxibustion, also called as mimicking moxibustion, has become a major challenge in the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) . In this review, we summarized the establishment methods of mimicking moxibustion in RCTs at home and abroad, and evaluated and elaborated the design and application methods of mimicking moxibustion models from thermal effect, light radiation effect and smoke effect that generated by moxibustion, in order to provide insights for the establishment of an ideal and feasible mimicking moxibustion model in future RCTs of moxibustion.
