Acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of Crohn's disease: A brief review

Jing Xie; Yan Huang; Huan-Gan Wu; Jing Li

doi:10.3748/wjg.v28.i25.3001

Acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of Crohn's disease: A brief review

World J Gastroenterol. 2022 Jul 7;28(25):3001-3003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i25.3001.

Authors

Jing Xie¹, Yan Huang², Huan-Gan Wu², Jing Li³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Acupuncture, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
² Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.
³ Department of Acupuncture, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China. lj0806@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Crohn's disease (CD) is a kind of intestinal inflammatory disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract and the incidence rate of CD is gradually increasing worldwide. Acupuncture and moxibustion have unique curative effects on gastrointestinal diseases and can be new options for the treatment of CD.

Keywords: Acupuncture; Crohn’s disease; Moxibustion; Review; Treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acupuncture Therapy*
Crohn Disease* / diagnosis
Crohn Disease* / therapy
Humans
Moxibustion*