ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus oral administration ofLuohua Zizhu tablets in treating hemafecia in stageⅠ internal hemorrhoid.Method A total of 116 patients with hemafecia in stageⅠ internal hemorrhoid were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 58 cases each. The treatment group was intervened by acupuncture plus oral administration ofLuohua Zizhu tablets, while the control group was treated with oral administration ofLuohua Zizhu tablets alone. The hemafecia score, hemorrhoid congestion score, and laboratory indexes (platelet and thrombin time) were observed before and after the treatment. The clinical efficacies of the two groups were also compared.Result The total effective rate was 93.1％ in the treatment group versus 84.5％ in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Respectively after 3 d, 5 d and 7 d treatment, the hemafecia and hemorrhoid congestion scores were significantly different from the scores before the treatment in both groups (P<0.05). There were significant differences in comparing the hemafecia and hemorrhoid congestion scores between the two groups respectively after 3 d, 5 d and 7 d treatment (P<0.05). The laboratory indexes showed significant changes after the treatment in both groups (P<0.05). After the intervention, the laboratory indexes of the treatment group were significantly different from those of the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture plus oral administration ofLuohua Zizhu tablets is an effective method in treating hemafecia in stageⅠ internal hemorrhoid.