The Promotion Plan of Moxibustion on Ulcerate Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis
About this trial
This is an interventional basic science trial for Ulcerative Colitis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meet the diagnosis of UC
- Patients do not receive any medicine, or if they are receiving medicine, it should be aminosalicylates and/or prednisone (dose ≤15mg and have taken at least 1 month);
- Patients should have not received antibiotic, biologicals within 3 months prior to entering the study;
- Signing a written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with cardiac, encephalic, hepatic, nephric, hematopoietic system, psychotic or any other serious diseases;
- Pregnancy or lactation;
- genetic family history of nervous system disease
Sites / Locations
- Shanghai Research Insititute of Acupuncture and Meridian
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Herb-partitioned moxibustion
Sham herb-partitioned moxibustion
Drug: Herbal cake, Device: Moxibustion. Herbal cakes formula: Monkshood 10g, Cinnamon 2g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 3g, Flos Carthami 3g, Radix Aucklandiae 2g. Herbs are smashed into powder. Every 2.5g medicine powder is mixed with 3g millet wine and then pressed into herbal cakes using a specific mold. Each cake should be 23mm in diameter and 5mm in height. Then, ignited moxa cones are placed on top of each herbal cake. Herbal cakes with moxa cones will be positioned at acupuncture points ST25, ST37 and CV6. The entire treatment will be done once a day for 1 moxa cone every acupuncture point, 30 minutes at a time, 3 times a week, for a total of 12 weeks.
Drug: Herbal cake, Device: Sham moxibustion. Herbal cakes formula: Monkshood 10g, Cinnamon 2g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 3g, Flos Carthami 3g, Radix Aucklandiae 2g. Herbs are smashed into powder. Every 2.5g medicine powder is mixed with 3g millet wine and then pressed into herbal cakes using a specific mold. Each cake should be 23mm in diameter and 5mm in height. Then, ignited moxa cones are placed on top of each herbal cake. Small cardboard sheets with the same size as the herbal cakes will be wrapped with aluminum foil and placed under each herbal cake. These herbal cakes will be positioned at acupuncture points ST25, ST37 and CV6. The entire treatment will be done once a day for 1 moxa cone every acupuncture point, 30 minutes at a time, 3 times a week, for a total of 12 weeks.