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Combining fire moxibustion and other traditional Chinese medicine for knee osteoarthritis

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December 2025

Combining fire moxibustion and other traditional Chinese medicine for knee osteoarthritis

Vol: 317| Issue: 3| Number:20| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effectiveness of Combination of Thunder Fire Moxibustion with Other Forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Osteoarthritis Knee: A Meta-Analysis.

J Pain Res. 2025 01-Jun;():. 10.2147/JPR.S502457

Contributing Authors:
W Wei Y Qin J Lin

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Seven randomized controlled trials comprising 655 patients with knee osteoarthritis were evaluated. All trials were conducted in China and compared Thunder Fire Moxibustion combined with another Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) modality—most commonly acupuncture or herbal formulas—against standalone TCM or Western medical treatments such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or glucos...

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