The improvements in the acupuncture-moxibustion group were much more obvious than those in the Qianliekang group [ 8.62 + / - 2.18 vs 15.26 + / - 2.81 , ( 16.04 + / - 4.33 ) mL/s vs ( 12.47 + / - 2.13 ) mL/s , ( 10.43 + / - 2.14 ) mL vs ( 32.13 + / - 3.24 ) mL , all P < 0.01 ] .