• Medicine · Oct 2023

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Effect of governor vessel moxibustion (GVM) therapy with mild to moderate psoriasis: A randomized clinical trial.

    • Dan Sun, Wen-Ya Feng, Jing-Kang Mou, Lu Chen, Yi-Ding Zhao, Xiao-Ning Yan, and Wen-Bin Li.
    • Department of Dermatology, Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Oct 27; 102 (43): e35726e35726.

    BackgroundIt was hypothesized that governor vessel moxibustion (GVM) therapy may improve the course of mild to moderate psoriasis (PS) in patients.MethodsA randomized, controlled clinical trial lasting 40 days was conducted at the Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. Investigators were blinded to patient groupings. Individuals with mild to moderate PS ranging in age from 18 to 70 years were enrolled. GVM therapy was administered one every 10 days for 40 days with 1.5 hours on the governor meridian in the GVM therapy group. The PS area and severity index (PASI) and dermatological life quality index (DLQI) scores were monitored before and after treatment.ResultsThere was a significant reduction in the mean PASI score in the GVM therapy group of 0.76 points (2.37 [2.61]; SE, 0.39) after 40 days of treatment compared with the control group (3.12 [2.12], SE, 0.32) (P < .01). There were also significantly greater changes in the DLQI scores of the GVM therapy group (4.23 [2.25]; SE, 0.34) compared with those in the control group (8.91 [3.85]; SE, 0.59) (P < .001).ConclusionGVM therapy effectively reduced both PASI and DLQI scores in patients with mild to moderate PS.Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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