Effects of Moxibustion of Combined Acupuncture Points on Blood Pressure in the Patients of Essential Hypertension

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of moxibustion of combined acupuncture points on blood pressure in the patients of essential hypertension. METHODS: The 160 cases were differentiated to three types,namely liver Yang hyperactivity,deficiency of Qi and blood and deficiency of kidney essence according to syndrome differentiation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Each type was randomly divided into test group and control group.Based on the maintenance medicine treatments,80 cases of test groups were treated by 2 months of moxibustion of combined acupuncture points.80 cases of control groups took the maintenance medicine treatments only. Blood pressure(BP) of all groups was measured before and after the treatment respectively.BP of test groups was compared with those of control groups. RESULT: The systolic(SBP) and diastolic blood pressure(DBP) of test groups after the 2 months treatments were lower than those before treatments and the control groups,and there were statistical differences(P0.05).The changes of SBP and DBP of control groups after the 2 months and before treatments had no statistical differences(P0.05). CONCLUSION: The moxibustion of combined acupuncture points can decrease blood pressure of essential hypertension.