Intervention
TCM
BLADDER
Practitioners: Certified acupuncturists with TCM license and more than 2-year clinical experience were trained to administer Long-snake-like moxibustion. The training focused on the correct manipulation of the moxibustion technique.
Group A: 60-min Long-snake-like moxibustion. Patients were positioned prone with their entire back exposed and received ginger-indirect moxibustion on the Governor Vessel and Bladder Meridian. Ginger slices, 2 mm in thickness, were placed on the back from GV14 to GV2, covering the area of the Governor Vessel and the first lateral line of the Bladder Meridian (Fig. Ginger slices were placed on the back from GV14 to GV2
Five or six 3-hole moxa boxes were put on the participants of two groupsGroup B: 30-min Long-snake-like moxibustion. The treatment process was the same as in Group A, with a moxibustion duration of 30 min.