Observation on therapeutic effect of cold moxibustion on rheumatoid interphalangeal arthritis

Purpose To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of cold moxibustion on rheumatoid interphalangeal arthritis.Methods: 576 cases were randomly divided into 290 cases in the cold moxibustion group and 286 cases in the control group and were treated for two months.Results: There was no significant difference in the total effective rate between the two groups. But, at the end of the second course of the treatment, the complete remission rate reached 77.2% in the former group and only 23.4% in the latter group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.005).Conclusion: Cold moxibustion is better in the therapeutic effect for rheumatoid interphalangeal arthritis than anti-inflammatory agents of western medicine. Translator: HUANG Guo-qi