Lumbar Disc Herniation
Conditions
Interventions
Fire Dragon Moxibustion group:Fire Dragon Moxibustion
warm needle moxibustion group:warm needle moxibustion
Sponsors
Shi Ying
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the aforementioned diagnostic criteria for both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine; (2) Voluntarily participate as a subject and sign the Informed Consent Form (ICF); (3) Age 40 to 80 years, with a disease duration of > 3 years, regardless of gender; (4) Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain score of 4 to 7 (inclusive); (5) Able to cooperate in completing the questionnaires and fully understand the meaning of all items in the scales.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded: (1) Uncontrolled systemic or local infections making them unsuitable for treatment; (2) Concomitant lumbar fracture, spina bifida, lumbar malignancy, or lumbar tuberculosis; (3) Diabetes or other conditions that may affect skin integrity and healing capacity; (4) Skin damage, scarring, or abnormal changes in local skin temperature at the test site; (5) Severe concurrent primary diseases affecting the cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, or hematopoietic systems; (6) Current participation, or participation within the past 1 month, in other clinical trials where the interventions may interfere with efficacy observation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale, VAS; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Infrared thermography temperature;Oswestry Disability Index ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactShi Ying
Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed