Clinical efficacy of Acupoint moxibustion combined with nutritional intervention in patients with renal failure

Objective: The clinical efficacy and quality of life improvement in patients receiving Acupoint moxibustion Nutritional intervention were compared and analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of the combined therapeutic regimen. Methods: We selected 120 patients with kidney failure from July 2020 to February 2024 as the study subjects. According to whether Acupoint moxibustion combined with Nutritional intervention was performed, the patients were divided into the Control group and Observation group with 60 cases respectively. The Control group received Nutritional intervention, while the Observation group received Acupoint moxibustion in addition to Nutritional intervention. The nutritional indexes, Pittsburgh Sleep score (PSQI), lumbar fatigue score, blood glucose and lipid levels were compared between the two groups. Results: The average age, sex, education level, job type, source of medical expenses and primary diseases of the Observation group patients did not change significantly compared with those in the Control group. BUN levels in the Observation group were significantly lower than those in the Control group (P-value <0.001), indicating that the Observation group performed better in renal function measures, especially in urea nitrogen metabolism. Scr levels in the Observation group were also significantly lower than those in the Control group (P-value <0.001). Conclusion: Acupoint moxibustion has a good effect on patients with kidney failure, which can effectively improve blood sugar and lipid levels, sleep quality of patients, lumbar pain and improve patients' nutritional status; therefore, it can be popularized in the rehabilitation management of kidney failure.