Objective To evaluate the nursing effect of wenjing moxibustion with ginger in zhuang medicine to knee osteoarthritis (KOA), which can provide an effective nursing intervention for KOA. Methods Totally 80 cases were divided into two groups by random number table. There were 40 cases in zhuang moxibution group and 40 in traditional moxibution group. These two groups were taken the same nursing intervention and exercise. However zhuang group were spend 20 minutes and covered by ginger mud on zhuang xiguan point, and fire moxa on the ginger mud. Xuehai, Liangqiu, Neixiyan, and Waixiyan were chosen and fired moxa cone with ginger in traditional group that spent 20 minutes. It was observed the knee pain and swelling before and after 1 week during the treatment. 2 groups were compared with the cost of treatment. Results There was no different in pain and swilling before treatment (P>0.05), but there was significantly difference after 1 week in two groups (t=14.72、12.90;7.04, 2.73, P﹤0.01). It was significantly different in two groups after 1 week treatment (t=-5.06,-3.64, P﹤0.01). There was no significantly difference in the cost of treatment (F=0.041 6, P>0.05). Conclusions these two nursing intervention can release pain and swelling. However it is effective and no different in the cost of treatment when using wenjing moxibustion with ginger in zhuang medicine.

Objective To discuss the influence of special nursing intervention for the quality of life of outpatients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. Methods Divided 80 patients into the observation group and the control group randomly, there were 40 cases in each group. Routine nursing, treatment and disease-related lecture were used in both the groups, while the combined therapy of Chinese and Western medicine was used in the observation group in addition. Evaluated the quality of life and the effects of treatment by the World Health Organization′s quality of surviving chart between the two groups after 3-month intertention and 6-month follow-up. Results The scores of quality of environment field, physiology field ,psychological field, sociological field, independence field and mental field in the observation group was (70.33+16.85 ) (70.38+18.80), (71.43+18.28),(70.13+19.08), (73.10+17.70) and (75.38+7.30) respectively, while in the control group was (61.38+16.17), (56.70+17.69), (43.13+19.77), (55.00+19.08), (53.75+16.45) and (49.80+17.26) respectively, the difference between the two groups was significant, the t values were 2.424-8.631, P < 0.05. The effective rate of treatment in the observation group was 95.00%(38/40), while in the control group was 82.5%(33/40), the difference was significant, U=2.507, P < 0.05. Conclusions Special nursing intervention can promote the quality of life ,effects of treatment and the satisfaction of treatment in outpatients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, improve their psychological state and the compliance.