Clinical Study Of Acupuncture Combined With Different Quantities Of Moxibustion In The Treatment Of Allergic Rhinitis Of Type Of Deficiency Cold Of Lung Qi

Objective: The method of this clinical research was conducted with randomized controlled trials（RCT）.The goal of this research was to investigate whether acupuncture combined with different quantities of moxibustion stimulus can effectively influence the therapeutic effect in allergic rhinitis（AR）,which defined as the type of deficiency cold of lung-qi.Quantities of moxibustion stimulus was used as a new clinical direction to release the symptoms in AR occurrenceMethod: The 60 included AR patients who participated in this study were all come from Acupuncture Department and Otolaryngology of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.And the retrieval time was from July 2020 to August 2021.Sixty AR patients were randomly divided into group1（acupuncture combined with 45 min moxibustion）and group 2（acupuncture combined with 30 min moxibustion）by random number table.Thirty cases in each group.The treatment was 3 times a week,whole treatments last about 4 weeks.Same acupoints were selected in each group,including Yintang,Dazhui,Yingxiang（bilateral）,Shangyingxiang（bilateral）,Zusanli（bilateral）,Taiyuan（bilateral）,Qihai and Feishu（bilateral）.After inserting needles into skin,Qi was stimulated at the inserting acupoints,then received 30 min treatment.Shangyingxiang（bilateral）,Feishu（bilateral）were chosen to get moxibustion therapy,treating time depends on the group of patients.Outcomes including Total Nasal Symptom Score（TNSS）,Total NonNasal Symptom Score（TNNSS）and Rhino-conjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire（RQLQ）were applied to evaluate the efficacy of warm needling,to further confirmed different quantities of moxibustion stimulus can effectively influence the therapeutic effect in AR with type of lung-qi deficiency and cold.Result: After treatment,the symptoms of AR in two groups were improved to varying degrees.In group 1,8 cases showed remarkable effective,20 cases showed mild effective,and one case showed ineffective,total effective rate was 96.55% with calculation.In group 2,2 cases showed remarkable effective,23 cases showed mild effective,3 cases showed ineffective,total effective rate was 89.29%.The rank sum test showed P<0.05,which was statistically significant,proving that group1 had better effect than group 2.In the outcome of TNSS score,scores of two groups decreased to varying degrees after treatment（P<0.01）with significant differences（P<0.01）.They surely released symptoms about AR,and comparison between the groups showed that group 1 was better than that of another（P<0.01）.In the TNNSS score,the scores of two groups were significantly reduced after warm needling therapy（P<0.01）,and the comparison between groups was also statistically significant（P<0.05）,especially in oral cavity and nasal pain improvement.In RQLQ score,the scores before and after treatment in two groups were significantly reduced（P<0.01）,which was statistically significant,indicating that the effect of warm needling on improving the quality of life of AR patients was affirmative.It was noteworthy that the experimental group did better than controlled group compared each group.Conclusion: Acupuncture combined with moxibustion did effectively in relieving nasal symptoms for AR patients with type of lung-qi deficiency and cold,and the curative effect is superior.The quantity of moxibustion stimulus had better effect in improving quality of AR patients’ life.