One hundred three cases of chronic gastrointestinal disorders diagnosed as“syndrome of spleen deficiency”were divided at random into group of navel-fumigating moxibustion, group of external application on umbilicus, and that of conventional moxibustion. It was found that external application of medicaments on umbilicus cardinally improved the digestive and absorptive functions of the patients with spleen deficiency; conventional moxibustion was more devoted to enhancing the body immunityl while navel-fumigating moxibustion proyided both the a...
