Moxibustion

Tyler Larsen; Priyanka Moolchandani; Michael E Lazarus

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.11.033

Moxibustion

Am J Med. 2024 Dec 11:S0002-9343(24)00807-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.11.033. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Tyler Larsen¹, Priyanka Moolchandani², Michael E Lazarus²

Affiliations

¹ VA Greater Los Angeles West LA VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90073; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Electronic address: [email protected].
² VA Greater Los Angeles West LA VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90073; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

PMID: 39672527
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.11.033

Abstract

Moxibustion is an ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine practice used to treat a variety of symptoms and medical conditions. Here we present the case of an elderly patient whose scars from prior moxibustion treatment were initially misdiagnosed as digital ischemia.

Publication types

Case Reports