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Warm Moxibustion and Scraping as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy for Cervical Spondylosis Treatment
Published on: June 27, 2025
[Study on the correlation between "Gucuofeng and Jinchucao" and cervical spondylosis]
Ming-cai Zhang1, Yin-yu Shi, Shi-rong Huang
1Shi's Medical Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Shanghai Academy of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
Objective:
To explore the relation between "Gucuofeng and Jinchucao" and cervical spondylosis.
Methods:
From March 2006 to October 2011,333 patients with cervical spondylosis were collected in the study as cervical spondylosis group; 30 subjects of control group come from student of Shuguang Hospital and other health volunteer. There were 119 males and 214 females with a mean age of (48.11 +/- 12.21) years in cervical spondylosis group and there were 6 males and 24 females with a mean age of (45.27 +/- 10.12) years in control group. In aspect of the symptom and sign, dynamic palpation, X-ray examination wer performed to find the incidence rate of "Gucuofeng and Jinchucao" in two groups.
Results:
There was significant difference in symptom and sign, dynamic palpation, X-ray examination between two groups (P<0.01). In cervical spondylosis group, "Gucuofeng and Jinchucao" occurred in 293 cases (87.99%),there was significant difference compared with control group (P<0.01).
Conclusion:
Cervical "Gucuofeng and Jinchucao" is one of pathological point of cervical spondylosis,and it can provide a guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical spondylosis.
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