Adverse Events of Acupuncture: A Systematic Review of Case Reports

Table 11

Adverse events associated with moxibustion (4 cases).

First author/year; (reference)	Country	Case age/sex	Disease treated	Moxibustion site	Adverse events	Practitioner	Remarks
Fisman; 2002 [109]	Canada	38/M	Not stated	Abdomen	Ecchymoses	Not specified	Pt had a hx of liver disease
Chau 2006 [110]	USA	53/F	Headache	Leg and feet	Cellulitis	Untrained individual	Recovered
Lee 2008 [111]	Korea	78/F	Pain	Fingers	Infection caused spinal epidural abscess	Self	Pt had diabetes
Yun 2009 [112]	Korea	58/M	Abdominal pain	Abdomen	Basal cell carcinoma	Self	Pt. self-treated for 10 y