Nursing Experience of One Patient with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Pain-Sleep Disorder Treated with Umbilical Moxibustion Combined with Sequential Auricular Acupoint Therapy
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Nursing Experience of One Patient with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Pain-Sleep Disorder Treated with Umbilical Moxibustion Combined with Sequential Auricular Acupoint Therapy
XIONG Mei, LI Xingna. Nursing Experience of One Patient with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Pain-Sleep Disorder Treated with Umbilical Moxibustion Combined with Sequential Auricular Acupoint Therapy[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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XIONG Mei, LI Xingna. Nursing Experience of One Patient with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Pain-Sleep Disorder Treated with Umbilical Moxibustion Combined with Sequential Auricular Acupoint Therapy[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202605150008.
Nursing Experience of One Patient with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Pain-Sleep Disorder Treated with Umbilical Moxibustion Combined with Sequential Auricular Acupoint Therapy
To explore the intervention effects of umbilical moxibustion combined with sequential auricular acupoint therapy on pain, sleep quality, and anxiety in patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (CPID) presenting with the damp-heat stasis syndrome.
Methods
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One patient with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease complicated by pain and sleep disorders received staged Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) nursing interventions. In the initial stage, conventional TCM external treatments were applied; however, with unsatisfactory analgesic effects, the regimen was adjusted to focus on umbilical moxibustion for unblocking the fu organs and eliminating dampness, supplemented by sequential auricular acupoint therapy—comprising auricular massage, auricular scraping, and auricular acupoint pressing—for calming the mind and promoting sleep. This was combined with comprehensive interventions including Traditional Chinese Medicine enema and TCM herbal application, along with dynamic syndrome differentiation-based nursing care.
Results
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Following the intervention, the patient's Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) score for pain decreased from 6 to 1, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score decreased from 13 to 6, and the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) score decreased from 58 to 36. Nighttime sleep duration was extended from less than 5 hours to 6–7 hours. The patient's symptoms related to pain, sleep disturbance, and anxiety were all significantly improved.
Conclusion
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Umbilical moxibustion combined with sequential auricular acupoint therapy can effectively interrupt the "pain-sleep-emotion" vicious cycle in chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, demonstrating the advantages of holistic TCM nursing and syndrome differentiation-based care. This approach is safe and effective, and therefore worthy of clinical promotion.
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