Moxibustion Plus Cupping in Convalescent Patients With COVID-19

Summary

This trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of moxibustion plus cupping in the convalescence of COVID-19.

Conditions

• COVID-19
• Convalescence

Interventions

OTHER

Moxibustion plus Cupping

Moxibustion: The burning of a small, thimble sized, smoldering plug of dried leaves on the skin at an acupuncture point. Usually the plugs contain leaves of mugwort or moxa. Cupping takes the pot as a tool, uses the combustion to remove the air in the pot, causes a negative pressure, and makes it adsorb on the skin of the acupoints. Use"Baixiaojiu"moxibustion on each acupoint for 10-15 minutes, the temperature of moxibustion should be adjusted within patient's tolerance level. Use diameter of 5-6 cm acuum cupper to cupping on each acupoint for 5-8 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Wuhan Third Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Huangshi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Yichang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Ezhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• The Hospital of Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Xiaopin Wang · Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

• Zhongyu Zhou · Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-05-10

Primary Completion

2021-12-31

Completion

2021-12-31

Countries

• China

Study Locations