ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of moving cupping with applying ginger juice in treating allergic rhinitis. Method Sixty patients with allergic rhinitis were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The treatment group was intervened by moving cupping applied after the Bladder Meridian on the back was rubbed with ginger juice, till appearance of Sha-spots. The control group was by oral administration of Loratadin tablets. Before and after intervention, the symptoms were scored, and the clinical efficacies were compared between the two groups.Result The symptom scores (sneeze, running nose, stuffy nose, and itchy nose) were significantly changed after intervention in the treatment group (P<0.05,P<0.01). After intervention, the scores of sneeze, running nose, and itchy nose in the control group were significantly different from that in the treatment group (P<0.05). The running nose and stuffy nose scores of the treatment group were significantly different form that of the control group after the intervention (P<0.01). The total effective rate and recovery-markedly-effective rate were respectively 90.0% and 70.0% in the treatment group, versus 70.0% and 33.3% in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Moving cupping with ginger juice is an effective method in treating allergic rhinitis.