Research Article Is There Difference between the Effects of Two-Dose Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis in

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Considering that the dosage of manipulating Moxa plays an important role in obtaining good effects for heat-sensitive moxibustion, it would be valuable to know whether the use of fixed dosage is as effective as the use of an individual one. The paper carried out a rigorous multi-centre randomized controlled trial, and its result demonstrated that the effectiveness of individual eliminate-sensitive dosing regimen might more superior to the stable conventional dosing regimen in the treatment of KOA. According the record of individual moxibustion time, the dosage differed in the terms of patients ’ conditions and moxibustion sensation, which had been measured about 47.30 ± 6.20 minutes (28 ∼ 65 minutes). 1. Background Suspended moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medical intervention that involves the burning of moxa indirectly at the acupoints. Moxibustion has anti-inflammatory or immunomodulatory effects against chronic inflammatory conditions in humans [1]. Heat-sensitive moxibustion ther-apy is one of common suspended moxibustion treatments in China [2]. A great deal of physicians utilized heat-sensitiv