LIU Jianmei, SONG Lina, YANG Qing, et al. Nursing Case Report on Acupoint Application Combined with Moxibustion for Treating Senile Constipation of Deficiency-Cold Type[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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LIU Jianmei, SONG Lina, YANG Qing, et al. Nursing Case Report on Acupoint Application Combined with Moxibustion for Treating Senile Constipation of Deficiency-Cold Type[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202506250026.
Nursing Case Report on Acupoint Application Combined with Moxibustion for Treating Senile Constipation of Deficiency-Cold Type
This paper presents a nursing case of an elderly patient with deficiency-cold type constipation. Based on routine care and TCM syndrome differentiation, the patient received acupoint application therapy combined with moxibustion for 7 days. The integrated intervention significantly alleviated abdominal distension, pain, and constipation, thereby improving the patient's quality of life.
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