[The effect of drug oil moxibustion for contents of Zinc and C-reactive protein in succus prostaticus of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis].

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc, published as a randomized controlled trial.

To observe the clinical effects differences and partial mechanism for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (CNP) among drug oil moxibustion, simple moxibustion, and conventional western medicine.

Who Took Part

The study group was 120 patients.

PubMed tags the participants as men only.

A total of 120 patients who met the criteria of inclusion were randomly assigned into a drug oil moxibustion group, a moxibustion group and a western medication group, 40 cases in each one.

Moxibustion was used at Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6) and bilateral Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Ciliao (BL 32), and Zhibian (BL 54), etc.

How the Study Was Run

In design terms this was a randomized study.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

The same moxibustion was used at the same acupoints in the drug oil moxibustion group after external application of medicated oil.

Chronic prostatitis symptom index from National Institutes for Health (NIH-CPSI), the contents of Zinc (Zn) and C-reactive protein (CRP), as well as the number of white blood cells (WBC) and density of lecithin bodies were observed before and after treatment and 1 month after treatment.

The effects were evaluated after treatment.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Acupuncture Points, C-Reactive Protein, Chronic Disease, Leukocyte Count, Moxibustion, Prostate and Prostatitis.

Author keywords: C-reactive protein content, Zinc content, chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, drug moxibustion external treatment and tamsulosin hydrochlo-ride.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in 120 patients.

Its findings take up roughly 8 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2017 (Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion), a journal based in China.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.