Exploring the clinical efficacy of warm acupuncture in treating overactive bladder based on the correlation between meridian points and Zang-Fu organs

September 1, 2025Lishizhen medicine and materia medica research

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This research aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of warm acupuncture in treating overactive bladder (OAB).
60 OAB patients randomly assigned to warm acupuncture or electroacupuncture for 12 weeks, followed for 12 weeks, total 24 weeks.
Primary endpoints included OABSS score, secondary endpoints included 24-hour urgency frequency and quality of life (QOL) score.
Adverse events were recorded throughout the treatment.
Both groups showed significant decrease in OABSS score over treatment and follow-up periods (P<0.05).
At 6 weeks, the warm acupuncture group outperformed the control group (P<0.05), but at 12 weeks, no significant difference was observed (P>0.05).
Adverse reaction rates were 3.33% for the warm acupuncture group and 10.00% for the control group, with no serious adverse reactions reported.

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