[Randomized and controlled observation on acupuncture and moxibustion combined with western medicine for treatment of malaria of children in Africa]

Abstract

Objective: To compare therapeutic effects of acup-moxibustion combined with western medicine and simple western medicine on child malaria in Africa.

Methods: One hundred and thirty-two cases were randomly divided into an acup-moxibustion plus western medicine group (n = 67) and a western medication group (n = 65). The western medication group were treated with Quinoline and expectant therapy, and the acup-moxibustion plus western medicine group with acup-moxibustion plus the western medicines as those in the western medication group, and the therapeutic course was one week. Main clinical manifestations and lab examinations for malaria were compared.

Results: The total effective rate was 97.0% in the acup-moxibustion plus western medicine group and 95.4% in the western medication group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05); the acup-moxibustion plus western medicine group in decreasing fever of the patient and the density of malarial parasite in blood, shorting the duration of illness and recovery time of RBC was significantly better than the western medication group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Clinical therapeutic effect of acup-moxibustion combined with western medicine is better than that of simple western medicine.