PMID- 24745866
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141209
LR  - 20140421
IS  - 2093-8152 (Electronic)
IS  - 2005-2901 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
DP  - 2014 Apr
TI  - Direct moxibustion to treat spleen qi and yang deficiency fatigue: a pilot study.
PG  - 76-82
LID - S2005-2901(13)00091-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jams.2013.04.003 [doi]
AB  - Limited research suggests that indirect moxibustion may be beneficial for 
      treating fatigue, but no studies to evaluate direct moxibustion have been 
      conducted in the United States. Thus, we explored the usefulness of four outcome 
      measures for evaluating the effectiveness of direct moxibustion for patients with 
      spleen qi and yang deficiency fatigue (SQYDF). Eleven female volunteers, ages 
      25-60 years, were enrolled. Three to five rice grains in thread-sized moxa cones 
      were burned on 11 acupuncture points once per week for 8 weeks. Eight 
      participants completed the study. The most common adverse events (AEs) were 
      temporary worsening of fatigue, lightheadedness, and headache. Symptomatic 
      improvement was seen on the SF-36 energy/fatigue scale (p=0.003), SF-36 social 
      function scale (p=0.008) and Flinders fatigue scale (p=0.014). The skin 
      conductance at acupoints showed no consistent diagnostic baseline meridian 
      patterns. Heart rate variability data showed an improved low frequency/high 
      frequency (LF/HF) ratio in three of four participants. Direct moxibustion is safe 
      in patients with SQYDF. The Flinders Fatigue Scale (FFS) and the SF-36 are useful 
      outcome measures for evaluating the effects of direct moxibustion, and the heart 
      rate variability (HRV) may be, but the skin conductance did not correlate with 
      SQYDF diagnosis or with symptomatic improvement.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Thorne, Tracy L
AU  - Thorne TL
AD  - National College of Natural Medicine, Helfgott Institute, Portland, OR, USA. 
      Electronic address: tracy@tracythorne.net.
FAU - Hanes, Doug A
AU  - Hanes DA
AD  - National College of Natural Medicine, Helfgott Institute, Portland, OR, USA.
FAU - Wild, Heather
AU  - Wild H
AD  - Rentrek, Portland, OR, USA.
FAU - Colbert, Agatha
AU  - Colbert A
AD  - Helfgott Research Institute, National College of Natural Medicine, Portland, OR, 
      USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130424
PL  - Korea (South)
TA  - J Acupunct Meridian Stud
JT  - Journal of acupuncture and meridian studies
JID - 101490763
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Fatigue/*therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Galvanic Skin Response
MH  - Heart Rate
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Moxibustion/*methods
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - *Qi
MH  - Yang Deficiency/*therapy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Sawada
OT  - direct moxibustion
OT  - moxa
OT  - moxibustion
OT  - okyu
OT  - tonnetskyu
EDAT- 2014/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2014/04/22 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/03/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/04/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S2005-2901(13)00091-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jams.2013.04.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2014 Apr;7(2):76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2013.04.003. 
      Epub 2013 Apr 24.