Conclusion The evidence is limited to suggest moxibustion is an effective supportive cancer care in nausea and vomiting .
Background Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese method that uses the heat generated by burning herbal preparations containing Artemisia vulgaris to stimulate acupuncture points .
Considering moxibustion is closely related to acupuncture , it seems pertinent to evaluate the effectiveness of moxibustion as a treatment of symptoms of cancer .
The objective of this review was to systematic ally assess the effectiveness of moxibustion for supportive cancer care .
[Clinical study on treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by radio- and chemotherapy with supplementary moxibustion on Shenque point].
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of supplementary moxibustion in treating III , IV a stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( NPC ) with radio- and chemotherapy . METHODS Fifty-six cases of NPC were r and omly divided into two groups , 28 in each group . They were treated with radiotherapy in routine or chemotherapy adopting AD protocol . Salt-separated moxibustion on Shenque ( Ren 8) point was given to the treated group from beginning of radio- and chemotherapy for 30 times as one therapeutic course . RESULTS The remission rate in the two groups after radio- and chemotherapy was not different significantly . The toxic and side-effect occurrence was less in the treated group than that in the control group ( P < 0.05 ) . The 5-year local control rates of NPC and cervical lymphnode were 85.7 % and 85.0 % in the treated group , which were higher than those in the control group ( 78.6 % and 78.9 % ) . The 5-year survival rate in the two groups were 50.0 % and 35.7 % respectively . After radio- and chemotherapy , the blood content of malonyldialdehyde ( MDA ) , middle molecular substance and sulfhydryl reduced the SOD activity ascended in the treated group , the difference was significant as compared with those in the control group ( P < 0.05 , P < 0.01 ) . CONCLUSION The supplementary moxibustion on Shenque point could obviously reduce the toxic side-effect of advanced NPC patients treated with radio- and chemotherapy
Conclusion The evidence is limited to suggest moxibustion is an effective supportive cancer care in nausea and vomiting .
Background Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese method that uses the heat generated by burning herbal preparations containing Artemisia vulgaris to stimulate acupuncture points .
Considering moxibustion is closely related to acupuncture , it seems pertinent to evaluate the effectiveness of moxibustion as a treatment of symptoms of cancer .
The objective of this review was to systematic ally assess the effectiveness of moxibustion for supportive cancer care .