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Objective To investigate the the clinical effect and immune regulatory mechanism of red-blue light combined with Niuhuang Shangqing capsules for the moderate-severe acne.Methods A total of 180 patients with moderate to severe acne treated in People's Hospital of Nanhai District in Foshan City from June 2014 to June 2016 were randomly divided into 2 groups with each group 90 patients. The control group was treated with red and blue light, and observation group was treated with the combination of red and blue light andNiuhuang-Shangqingcapsules. The levels of SP(Substance P), IL-1 and IL-6 in peripheral blood were observed and analyzed. The recurrence rates and adverse events were observed.Results After treatment, the SP (657.4 ± 36.6 pg/mlvs.799.9 ± 60.2 pg/ml,t=19.188), IL-1(61.8 ± 24.7pg/L vs.92.1 ± 23.5 pg/L,t=8.431), IL-6 (38.7 ± 10.3pg/mlvs.66.7 ± 14.1pg/ml, t=12.421) of the observation group were significantly better than those of the control group (allPs<0.01). The total effect rate of the observation group were 91.11% (82/90), which were significantly higher than 70.00% (63/90) of control group (χ2=12.804,P<0.01). Conclusions The Red-blue light combined withNiuhuang-Shangqing capsules for treating moderate-severe acne, has significant effect and can reduce the serum levels of SP, IL-1 and IL-6, with fewer adverse events and lower recurrence rates. They can be used as a safe and effective treatment of acne.
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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of photodynamic therapy with red and blue light in the treatment of facial acne. Methods Ninety-two cases of facial acne in dermatology outpatient hospital were randomly divided into the test group and the control group, with 46 cases in each group. Patients in the test group received the photodynamic therapy, and patients in the control group received red plus blue light treatment for eight weeks, respectively. Results Before treatment, patients in the test group and the control group had no significant differences in acne, papules, pustules, nodules, cysts and gags score. After 8-week treatment, the comedones, papules, pustules, nodules cyst number, gags score of patients in the test group were significantly less than or lower than those of patients in the control group (P < 0.05, respectively). The healing rate was 84.78% in the test group, which was higher than that of 65.22%in the control group of (P<0.05). The total efficiency was 97.83%in the test group and 93.48% in the control group, with no significant difference. The adverse reaction rate was 10.87% in the test group and was 23.91% in the control group, with no significant difference. Conclusion The effect of photodynamic therapy for facial acne is better than red plus blue light treatment ,with a less incidence of adverse reactions.