Modern Research Progress of Moxibustion Treating Sequelae of Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases
The sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease(SPID)is a common and frequently-occurring disease in gynecolo-gy,with poor clinical effect and difficult to cure.Modern medicine believes that SPID patients are mainly due to the decline of body immunity,the excessive reproduction of endogenous pathogens,and the invasion of exogenous pathogens,and the damaged cells and tissues continue to release inflammatory factors,which keeps the pelvic tissues in a state of low inflammation,resulting in pathological changes such as tissue destruction and adhesion,proliferation and so on.Moxibustion therapy is a common method used in the treatment of SPID diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.Relevant studies have shown that moxibustion can regu-late the level of inflammation through multiple targets and multiple links,promote the absorption and dissipation of inflammation in the pelvic tissue,restore the environmental balance in the pelvic tissue,effectively regulate the negative emotions caused by the disease,such as depression and anxiety,and enhance patients'compliance.At present,moxibustion has achieved certain results in the treatment of SPID,and can effectively improve the clinical symptoms and signs of patients with SPID.Therefore,this paper summarized the recent studies on moxibustion treatment of SPID from five aspects,including bacteriostasis,regulation of inflamma-tion,repair of immune damage,improvement of blood circulation and relief of negative emotions.It is found that moxibustion has a good clinical effect on SPID,and further defines the effect mechanism of moxibustion intervention on SPID.On this basis,the current shortcomings were discussed in order to provide reference for future related research.
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