Clinical Observation on the Efficacy of Electric Acupuncture Points with Moxibustion in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Authors
Yue Liu, Weiwei Du
Corresponding Author
Weiwei Du
Available Online January 2019.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2991/ssphe-18.2019.59How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Electric acupuncture points, Moxibustion, Mild cognitive impairment, Sishencong (EX-HN1), Guan yuan(RN4), Qi hai(RN6)
- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to understand the efficacy of electric acupuncture points with moxibustion in Sishencong to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). 20 cases were considered. The cases came from The Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. At the same time, the patients received medical treatment. It took 8 weeks to treat MCI by using the proposal which is electric acupuncture points with moxibustion. The memory ability of the patients has been improved after evaluations of Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-A). Therefore, the proposal may delay MCI’s development.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yue Liu AU - Weiwei Du PY - 2019/01 DA - 2019/01 TI - Clinical Observation on the Efficacy of Electric Acupuncture Points with Moxibustion in Mild Cognitive Impairment BT - 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Public Health and Education (SSPHE 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 249 EP - 251 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ssphe-18.2019.59 DO - https://doi.org/10.2991/ssphe-18.2019.59 ID - Liu2019/01 ER -