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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of stuck-moving needling plus modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi (supplementing qi in the middle energizer) decoction in treating gastroptosis due to qi deficiency in the middle energizer. Method Sixty patients with gastroptosis due to qi deficiency in the middle energizer were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The treatment group was intervened by stuck-moving needling plus the modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi decoction, while the control group was treated with the modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi decoction alone. The two groups were treated once a day, 20 sessions as a treatment course. The lower limit of the stomach was measured before and after the treatment in the two groups, and the clinical efficacy and long-term efficacy of the two groups were compared.Result The height of the lower limit of stomach was significantly changed after the treatment in both groups (P<0.01), there was a significant difference in comparing the height of the lower limit of stomach between the two groups after the intervention (P<0.01), and there was a significant difference in comparing the change of the height of lower limit of stomach between the two groups (P<0.01). The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group versus 73.3% in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.01); the clinical efficacy in the treatment group was statistically different from that in the control group (P<0.05). The long-term total effective rate was 76.7% in the treatment group versus 50.0% in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.01); the long-term clinical efficacy in the treatment group was statistically different from that in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion The stuck-moving needling plus modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi decoction can produce a more significant efficacy than the decoction alone in treatinggastroptosis due to qi deficiency in the middle energizer, and its long-term therapeutic efficacy is also consistent.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of filiform fire-needle therapy plus mild moxibustion in treating flat warts.Method Ninety patients with flat warts were randomized into group A, group B and group C, 30 cases in each group. Group A was intervened by filiform fire-needle therapy plus mild moxibustion, group B was intervened by filiform fire-needle therapy alone and group C by mild moxibustion alone. The three groups all received treatment 3 times a week, 2 weeks as a treatment course, for 2 courses in total. The clinical efficacies of the three groups were compared.Result In group A, 12 subjects were recovered, 13 showed improved, and 5 cases failed; in group B, 7 subjects were recovered, 12 showed improved, and 11 failed; in group C, 5 cases showed recovered, 10 were improved, and 15 failed. The total effective rates were respectively 83.3% in group A, 63.3% in group B, and 50.0% in group C, and the total effective rate in group A was significantly higher than that in group B and C (P<0.05). Conclusion Filiform fire-needle therapy plus mild moxibustion can significantly help the skin rashes subside in treating flat warts, and the therapeutic efficacy is obviously superior to that of either of the two methods used alone.
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Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of short thrust needling on osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.Method Seventy-two patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures were randomly allocated to observation and controlgroups, 36 cases each.In the observation group,short thrust needlingwas used with lifting-thrusting and twirling manipulation; the bone was rubbed with the needle tip up anddownin the place near the bone; reinforcing manipulation was performed for nine times after arrival of qi.The control group received conventional acupuncture with uniform reinforcing-reducing manipulation.Both groups were treated four weeks as a course for two courses.The Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) score and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)score were recorded in the two groups before and after four and eight weeks of treatment.The clinical therapeutic effects were evaluated.Result The total efficacy rate was 94.4% in the observation group.Which was higher than 66.7% in the control group (P<0.05).Boththe VAS and ODI scores were lower after treatment compared with before (P<0.05) and decreased significantly more in the observation than in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion Short thrust needling canmarkedly relieve the pain and dysfunction in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.Its the rapeutic effect is significantly better than that of conventional acupuncture.
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Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of interaction acupuncture combining with routine acupuncture for intractable facial palsy. Methods:A total of 60 eligible cases were randomly allocated into a treatment group (n=30) and a control group (n=30). Cases in the treatment group received interaction and routine acupuncture, whereas cases in the control group received routine acupuncture alone. The treatment was done once a day and 10 times made up a course of treatment. The patients were treated for a total of 3 courses and there were no intervals between two courses. Results:The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group (including 17 recovery cases, 11 improvement cases and 2 failure cases), versus 76.7% in the control group (including 8 recovery cases, 15 improvement cases and 7 failure cases), showing a statistical difference (P Conclusion:Combining interaction and routine acupuncture can obtain better effect than routine acupuncture alone for intractable facial palsy.