Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Conditions
Interventions
Aconite-cake-partitioned moxibustion group:acupoints:1) Tiantu(RN22), Danzhong(RN17), Zhongwan(RN12), Guanyuan(RN4)
2) Dazhui(DU14), Mingmen(DU4), Shenshu(BL23,Bilateral)
2. cones of moxibustion per treatment, the two groups of acupuncture points were used alternately. 3 times treatment of a week, 6 weeks is one course.
West Medicine group:Patients with hypothyroidism were treated with levothyroxine sodium tablets (Euthyrox) before breakfast in the morning. Once a day, 6 weeks is one course.
Sponsors
Shanghai Research institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Meridian
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the diagnostic criteria, aged between 20 and 70 year male and female; 2. Signed informed consent; 3. Those who with normal thyroid function or hypothyroidism; 4. Discontinued drugs that affect thyroid function during the study except Euthyrox.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who do not meet the inclusion criteria; 2. Those who accept other concomitant treatment with drugs that may affect this study; 3. Sudden other diseases during observation period; 4. Pregnancy or lactation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| FT3;FT4;TSH;TGAb;TPOAb; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| TCM symptom scores;HADS;SAS;SDS; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhao Jimeng
Shanghai Research institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Meridian
Outcome results
None listed