100 CASES OF OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE TREATED WITH ISOLATED MOXIBUSTION WITH CHINESE HERBAL COMPRESSION IN COMBINATION WITH ACUPUNCTURE

摘要

Osteoarthritis of knee joint is a kind of degenerative change of knee joint, commonly manifested as pain, soreness, numbness and limited movement of one or both knee joints. For a part of cases, the symptoms like pain are aggravated remarkably in cloudy and rainy day, which, impacts the daily work and life of patients. The disorder occurs commonly in middle-aged and elder people of either sex. Since 2002, 197 cases have been collected in the department for the observation of treatment and the satisfactory therapeutic effects have been achieved. Following is the report.