Abstract
Purpose: This study was carried out to investigate the research of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for sinusitis. Methods: I mainly investigated 14 different kinds of recent edition of Chinese books and journals as references. Results: In the view of oriental medicine, sinusitis is regarded as Piyon(鼻淵). The loci used in the otopuncture therapies were Naepi(內鼻), Pye(肺), Aeck(額), Shinsangsun(腎上腺), Naebunpi(內分泌), and Weipi(外鼻) according to their frequencies. The drugs used in the drug-injection therapies were Corticoids, Lidocaine, Vitamin B, and herbal drugs. In addition, there were couple therapies mentioned in the references such as the electro-acupuncture therapies, the point penetration therapies, the point through-sinus acupuncture therapies, the point application therapies, the moxibustion therapies, the three-edged needle therapies, the ultra-sono acupuncture therapies, the cupping therapies, and the laser acupuncture therapies. Conclusions: There were various newly developed acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for sinusitis. Among them, the otopuncture therapies, the drug-injection therapies and the electro-acupuncture therapies were more frequently used than others.