To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture and moxibustion combined with massage on gonarthromeningitis complicated with knee osteoarthritis of Bengalese.
Acupuncture combined with electroacupuncture was given at Heding (Ex-LE2), Nei- and Wai-Xiyan (Ex-LE4, Ex-LE5) and others. and massage was given around the knee joints to treat 51 Bengalese patients of gonarthromeningitis complicated by knee osteoarthritis for one course (10 sessions of treatment).
Seventeen cases were markedly-effective, 25 were effective, and 9 were ineffective, with a total effective rate of 82.4%.
Chinese traditional acupuncture, moxibustion and massage have satisfactory therapeutic effect on gonarthromeningitis complicated by knee osteoarthritis of Bengalese.