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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The cumulative score for symptoms and signs was (37. 41 + / - 6. 61) points before treatment and (9. 37 + / - 8. 15) points after treatment in the cake-separated moxibustion group and (37. 64 - 6. 00) points before treatment and (12. 05 + / - 8. 83) points after treatment in the western medicine group, with a very significant difference before and after treatment in the two groups (P < 0. 01) ; two months after treatment, it was (11. 71 + / - 8. 69) points in the cake-separated moxibustion group and (15. 95 + / - 9. 96) points in the western medicine group, the former being better than the latter (P < 0. 05).