Effectiveness of Moxibustion Combined with Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold-Type Gastroparesis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effectiveness of moxibustion combined with Chinese medicine in the treatment of spleen and stomach deficiency cold-type gastroparesis by meta-analysis and to provide the clinical basis for its treatment.

Methods

A computer search of eight databases was performed for published and unpublished randomized controlled trials on moxibustion for spleen and stomach deficiency cold-type stomach pain from domestic and international clinical trial centers. The study was divided into a combination of a moxibustion and Chinese medicine group and a regular Western medicine group, and the outcome indicators were "effective" and "ineffective." The relative risk (RR) was used as the effect indicator for the dichotomous data, and the meta-analysis was performed us

SUBMITTER: Gan Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401712 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature