Adjunctive moxibustion treatment for tuberculosis: a randomised clinical trial investigating potential efficacy and comparative safety

Conclusions The results demonstrate positive effects of moxa treatment on both reduced infectivity and drug adherence including in HIV co-infected cases. Despite previous reports of a wider range of haematological effects, these were limited to an increase in haemoglobin. There was no evidence that moxa use led to improvements in patients’ well-being, contrary to previous anecdotal evidence. The paper concludes that more investigations should be developed to provide a broader understanding of both effect and potential benefit of moxa therapy in treating human pulmonary TB disease (both with and without co-infection with HIV). It further recommends that these should include MDR-, XDR-, (multi-drug resistant and extensively-drug resistant) and programmatically-untreatable TB (including in palliative care scenarios).
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research