Table 3.

VAS score changes during the trial.

Time	FAS analysis		PPS analysis
	Moxibustion group	Artificial tear group	Moxibustion group	Artificial tear group
Baseline	64.78 ± 19.42	63.17 ± 20.28	66.05 ± 19.20	61.13 ± 20.44
Baseline—1 week	11.92 ± 17.11△	9.80 ± 17.03△	12.13 ± 17.49△	7.64 ± 15.13△
Baseline—2 week	19.55 ± 18.80△★	13.39 ± 19.62△	18.32 ± 19.18△★	11.83 ± 18.96△
Baseline—3 week	20.67 ± 18.92△★	14.68 ± 21.25△	19.60 ± 19.39△	13.65 ± 21.44△
Baseline—4 week	24.66 ± 20.82△★	15.51 ± 20.35△	24.27 ± 21.86△★	15.98 ± 19.85△
End treatment-Follow-up	−1.84 ± 20.44	2.81 ± 17.45	−1.84 ± 20.44	3.21 ± 18.10

Note: VAS: visual analogue scale.