None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Medical Device : Moxibustion group: 2 times/week, for 8 weeks
Control group: exercise and diet control
Sponsors
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. patient age between 19 and 65 years 2. Prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension (SBP 120 to 159, DBP: 80 to 99) according to JNC7 criteria 3. Patients who give written, informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who take prescription or OTC medication or herb/supplement for controlling blood pressure 2. Secondary blood pressure patients 3. Cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease history 4. Malignant cancer history 5. Diabetes patients who currently need insulin injection or diabetic medications 6. Several disease history: renal diseases, hepatic diseases, thyroid diseases, active Tbc and other infectious diseases 7. Hemorrhagic diseases or patients who take anti-coagulants (except aspirin) 8. Patients who have T-needle allergy 9. Local infection at ear 10. Participants who have systemic steroid therapy or immune depressants 12. Participants who take medications which may affect blood pressure such as oral anticeptives, central nervous system depressants or stimulants 13. Pregnant or breast-feeding women or women who have plan to be pregnant 14. Participants who used traditional Korean medicinal treatment during last 1 months 15. Participants who are unappropriate to this trial due to other reasons, decided by researchers
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Average systolic and diastolic blood pressure | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Safety assessment;Mean arterial pressure;Body mass index;Lipid profile and hs-CRP;The change of blood pressure before and after moxibustion treatments in treatment group;Questinnaire of pattern indentificatiion | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactKyung-Won Kang
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
Outcome results
None listed