Twenty cases of acute rheumatoid arthritis were treated with moxibustion on Ashi points and nearacupoints of the fourteen channels

and got better therapeutic effects and the effect1ve rate was 90 %.We considered that the haslc pathology was synovitis

the moxibustion could warm skin

promote theabsorption of inflammation effusion and increase the immune function of patients. In TCM

rheummatoidbelongs to the category of numhness paln

moxa can warm channels and expel cold

induce thesmooth flow of Qi and hIood

and sulJdue swelling and disperse accumulation of pathogenetic factors