LI Zhijia. Nursing Experience of Medicinal-Cake-Partitioned Moxibustion at Shenque (CV8) for Constipation with Spleen-Kidney Yang Deficiency Pattern[DB/OL].Clinical archives of integrative medicine, 2025.
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LI Zhijia. Nursing Experience of Medicinal-Cake-Partitioned Moxibustion at Shenque (CV8) for Constipation with Spleen-Kidney Yang Deficiency Pattern[DB/OL].Clinical archives of integrative medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202505230001.
Nursing Experience of Medicinal-Cake-Partitioned Moxibustion at Shenque (CV8) for Constipation with Spleen-Kidney Yang Deficiency Pattern
This article summarizes the nursing experience of improving symptoms in a constipation patient with spleen-kidney yang deficiency pattern through medicinal-cake-partitioned moxibustion at Shenque (CV8). After 7 days of intervention:Defecation frequency increased from once every 5-7 days to once every 1-2 days, Stool form (Bristol Scale) improved from Type 1 (separate hard lumps) to Type 4 (smooth soft sausage), Abdominal distension score (NRS) decreased from 6 points to ≤2 points, Quality of life score (PAC-QOL) reduced from 65 to 25 (↓61.5%), Constipation severity (CCS) decreased from 18 points to ≤8 points, Anxiety score (SAS) declined from 52 to 50. Guided by syndrome differentiation principles, Shenque (CV8) was selected as the treatment site. A proprietary herbal formula (containing Cistanches Herba, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Angelicae Sinensis Radix, and Aconiti Lateralis Praeparata Radix) was applied with moxibustion to activate meridian warmth. This integrated approach significantly alleviated constipation symptoms and improved yang deficiency manifestations.
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