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Review [Clinical application of acupuncture and moxibustion to the treatment of gouty arthritis and analysis on their therapeutic effects] 2009
Lin CX, Ma HF, Ma WZ, Zhou PJ. · College of Acu-moxibustion, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. · Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. · Pubmed #19526812 No free full text.
Abstract: In the present paper, the authors make a summary on the clinical application of acu-moxibustion therapy in the treatment of gouty arthritis in recent 10 years. Acupuncture needles often used are filiform needle, red-hot needle, moxibustion-warmed needle and three-edged needle. Clinical studies have showed that acupuncture therapy has a definite efficacy in relieving gouty arthritis and has its clinical characteristics, such as faster efficacy, lower relapse rate, etc. in comparison with medication.
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