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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupoint application in canicular days plus TDP radiation in treating primary dysmenorrhea due to cold-dampness.Method Eighty-three patients were randomized into group A of 32 cases, group B of 20 cases, and group C of 31 cases. Group A was intervened by acupoint application plus TDP, group B was by acupoint application alone, while group C was by oral administration ofTong Jing Bao granules. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores of the three groups were observed before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacies were compared.Result The total effective rate was 93.1% in group A, versus 85.0% in group B and 77.4% in group C. The total effective rate of group A was significantly different from that of group B and group C (P<0.05). The total effective rate of group B was significantly different from that of group C (P<0.05). The VAS scores were changed significantly after treatment in the three groups (P<0.05). After treatment, the VAS scores of group A and B were both significantly different from that of group C (P<0.05).Conclusion Acupoint application plus TDP is an effective method in treating primary dysmenorrhea due to cold-dampness.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the clinicalefficacy of warm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation in treating plantar fasciitis.MethodSixty-one patients with plantar fasciitis were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 31 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The treatment group receivedwarm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation and the control group, warm needling alone.ResultThe total efficacy rate and the cure rate were 100.0% and 61.3%, respectively, in the treatment group and 96.7%and 40.0%, respectively, in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in the total efficacy rate between the two groups (P>0.05), but the cure rate was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference in the VAS score in the two groups (P<0.01), indicating that both the groups had a good analgesic effect. There was a statistically significant post-treatment difference in the VAS score between the treatment and control groups (P<0.01), indicating that theanalgesic effect was better in the treatment group than in the control group.ConclusionThe efficacy of warm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation is better than that of warm needling alone in treating plantar fasciitis.