[Clinical observation of refined moxibustion for sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease with stagnation and blood stasis].

Objective: To compare the curative effect of refined moxibustion, traditional moxa box moxibustion and Chinese patent medicine on the sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease with stagnation and blood stasis.

Methods: A total of 150 patients with sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease with stagnation and blood stasis were randomized into a refined moxibustion group (50 cases), a box-moxibustion group (50 cases) and a Chinese medication group (50 cases, 2 cases dropped off). The patients in the refined moxibustion group were treated with refined moxibustion at Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zigong (EX-CA 1) and Shuidao (ST 28), 2 moxa-cones for each acupoint. The patients in the box-moxibustion group were treated with box-moxibustion on the lower abdomen and Shenque (CV 8), and the patients in the Chinese medication group were treated with capsules orally. All groups started treatment after menstruation, moxibustion was applied once every 4 days, twice a week, and medication was taken 3 times a day for a total of 2 menstrual cycles. The TCM symptoms and body signs scores of each group were observed before and after treatment. The short form health survey (SF-36) scores of each group were observed before and after treatment and during follow-up 12 weeks after treatment.

Results: After treatment, the TCM symptoms, body signs and comprehensive scores of each group were lower than those before treatment (<0.05), and those in the refined moxibustion group were lower than the box-moxibustion group and the Chinese medication group (<0.05). The SF-36 scores of each group after treatment and during follow-up were higher than before treatment (<0.05); during follow-up, the SF-36 scores of the box-moxibustion group and the Chinese medication group were lower than after treatment (<0.05), while that in the refined moxibustion group was higher than after treatment (<0.05); the SF-36 scores after treatment and during follow-up in the refined moxibustion group were higher than the box-moxibustion group and the Chinese medication group (<0.05, <0.01).

Conclusion: Compared with traditional moxa box moxibustion and Chinese patent medicine treatment, refined moxibustion can better improve the symptoms, body signs and quality of life in patients with the sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease of stagnation and blood stasis, and the effect is longer.