Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy where moxa herb is burned to heat the skin or acupuncture needles. Common symptoms for the common cold are cough, sore throat, runny nose and nasal congestion.
Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion were shown to be safe but they were not an effective treatment for the common cold.
Do Japanese Style Acupuncture and Moxibustion Reduce Symptoms of the Common Cold?
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2008 December; 5(4): 481–489.
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Common Cold, Japanese, Moxibustion
Is acupuncture safe? For example, the FDA requires that needles be sterile, nontoxic, and labeled for single use by qualified practitioners only. Relatively few complications from the use of acupuncture have been reported to the FDA, in light of the millions of people treated each year and the number of acupuncture needles used.
Almost all of adverse reactions commonly seen in acupuncture practice—such as fatigue, drowsiness, aggravation, minor bleeding, pain on insertion and subcutaneous hemorrhage—are mild and transient, although we should be cautious of secondary injury following drowsiness and needle fainting.
Safety of acupuncture practice in Japan: patient reactions, therapist negligence and error reduction strategies
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2008 Dec;5(4):391-8.
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction.htm#risks
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Japanese, Safety