ABSTRACT
Objective To find a method to inherit the experiences of famous senior TCM physicians,through verification and inheritance research of Professor Tian Cong-huo's clinical experience on degenerative gonarthrosis treatment.Methods By means of database of famous senior TCM physicians and various data explore methods,we performed multi-group controlled verification on Professor Tian Cong-huo's acupuncture prescription on degenerative gonarthrosis,in order to investigate the experience thoroughly.Results The three groups treated by Professor Tian Cong-huo's acupuncture prescription got similar therapeutic effects,and patients' symptoms have been relieved remarkably.Compared with the baseline,the scores of the knee joint ache in the group of Professor Tian,Successor,Senior and Control were decreased 1.20 (t=9.00,P＜0.05),1.13 (t=15.76,P＜0.01),1.1 (t=15.99,P＜0.05) and 1 (t=10.42,P＜0.05),respectively.Significant improvements of pain relieves had been achieved in all groups.No significant difference was observed among the previous three groups(F=2.64,P＞0.05),which had obvious improvement effect in comparing with the control group(t=3.81,P＜0.01).Conclusion demonstrated that the group of Professor Tian,the successor,and the senior each did better in knee pain-relief than the control group.Conclusion Confirmed by our research,this acupuncture prescription proves to be repeatable,safe,reliable and stable.Perfoming inheritance and verification research of famous and senior TCM physicians could help juniors learn and investigate their predecessors academic thoughts and connotation,proceed to the next step,inherit the precious experience through verification and combination of theory and practice.