[Observation on therapeutic effect of warming needle moxibustion combined with medicine on 128 cases of myasthenia gravis].
J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Jun 29;53(13):5479-86. PMID: 16739848
OBJECTIVE: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of warming needle moxibustion combined with medicine on myasthenia gravis. METHODS: One hundred and twenty-eight patients were treated with warming needle moxibustion combined with oral administration of serial preparations of Zhongjiling and intravenous drip of Jiweiling Injectio for one month. RESULTS: Eighty-one cases were cured, 17 cases were basically cured, 12 cases were markedly effective, 11 cases improved and 7 cases were ineffective, with a total effective rate of 94.5%. CONCLUSION: Warming needle moxibustion combined with oral administration of serial preparations of Zhongjiling and intravenous drip of Jiweiling Injectio has a definite therapeutic effect on myasthenia gravis.