Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of modified sparrow-pecking moxibustion for osteoarthritis of knee. Methods Sixty cases of patients with osteoarthritis of knee were divided randomly into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group was treated by modified sparrow- pecking moxibustion, and the control group by traditional sparrow-pecking moxibustion. It was given once a day and 10 times were one course, and the efficacy was observed after two courses of treatment. Results the total effective rate in the treatment group was 90.00% （27/30）, that in the control group was 76.67% （23/30）, the efficacy in the treatment group was better than that in the control group （P〈O.05）. Conclusion Modified sparrow-pecking moxibustion has obvious effect on the treatment of osteoarthritis of knee and it is worthy of being studied and promoted.
The authors had treated 63 cases of lumbar disc herniation with electro acupuncture at lumbar nerve root from January to July, 2007, and had achieved quite good therapeutic effect. The report is as follows.
