Abstract
In this study, we evaluated the clinical effects of a treatment using a topical anti fungus (group A: eight patients) and a topical anti fungus in addition to moxa therapy (group B: twenty-eight patients) for tinea unguium. None of the patients took any oral anti fungus.
The fungus was confirmed by light microscopy, and the nail opacity was compared before treatment and after twenty-four weeks treatment, we measured it against the ratio of turbid nail.
We did not obtain good results from group A. In group B, twenty-one cases (86%) showed improvement. We concluded that the moxa therapy once a week was on effective treatment for patients with tinea unguium.
