Traditional Chinese Medicine-separated umbilical moxibustion combined with constipation massage for constipation of Qi deficiency in elderly patients with myocardial infarction (隔药脐灸联合便秘推拿治疗老年心肌梗死患者气虚型便秘的效果观察)

• Published in: 中西医结合护理 Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 72 - 77
• Main Authors: XUE Meijuan (薛美娟), LIN Yan (林艳), LIU Dan (刘丹), DONG Yafen (董亚芬)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Journal of International Translational Medicine Limited 01.06.2025
• Subjects: massage; myocardial infarction; qi-deficiency type constipation; umbilical moxibustion with medicine plaster; 中医护理; 心肌梗死; 推拿; 气虚便秘; 隔药脐灸
• ISSN: 2709-1961
• DOI: 10.55111/j.issn2709-1961.20250414001

Objective To analyze the safety and effectiveness of umbilical moxibustion with Traditional Chinese Medicine plaster combined with massage for constipation in treating Qi-deficiency type constipation in elderly patients with myocardial infarction. Methods Ninety patients with Qi-deficiency constipation complicated by myocardial infarction were selected as the research subjects and divided into a control group and an observation group, with 45 patients in each group. The observation group received umbilical moxibustion with Traditional Chinese Medicine plaster combined with massage for constipation, while the control group received abdominal massage nursing for constipation. The improvement of constipation was evaluated by scoring the main and secondary symptoms, as well as using the Wexner Constipation Scoring Scale, etc. , and the occurrence of adverse events was observed. Results The total effective rate of the observation group (97. 78%) was significantly higher than that of the control group (82. 22%)( P＜