Can moxibustion, an ancient treatment modality, be evaluated in a double-blind randomized controlled trial? - A narrative review.
- Author:
Baixiao ZHAO
;
Haiyong CHEN
;
Xueyong SHEN
;
Lixing LAO
- Publication Type:Review
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2014;12(3):131-134
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
For thousands of years, moxibustion has been used for various diseases in China and other Asian countries. Despite the recent surge in Chinese herbal studies, few randomized controlled trials have been conducted on this modality, possibly due to the lacking of suitable double blinding methodology. This is a review of extant sham moxa devices and an introduction to a recently developed device that needs further validation.
