ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the effect of acupuncture and auricular application in the treatment of puerperal hypogalactia.Methods 300 patients with puerperal hypogalactia,according to the principle of random, balanced,together,were divided into 3 groups:Chinese herbal medicine group and acupuncture combined with auricular group and massage group,each group in 1 00cases.Collected patients'informed consent,and obtained the hospital ethics committee approval.The clinical curative effect was observed.Results After 3 days,in the Chinese herbal medicine group 34 cases recovered,24 cases were markedly effective,efficient in 1 5 cases,27 cases were invalid.In the massage group 7 cases recovered,1 3 cases had marked effect,1 5 cases were effective,ineffective in 65 cases.In the acupuncture combined with auricular group 73 cases cured,1 3 cases were markedly effective,effective in 9 cases, 5 cases were ineffective.The total effective rate between the acupuncture combined with auricular group and Chinese herbal medicine group had significant difference(χ2 =9.600,P <0.01 ).The total effective rate between the acupuncture combined with auricular group and the massage group had significant difference (χ2 =1 3.400,P <0.01 ).The total effective rate between Chinese herbal medicine group and massage group had significant difference (χ2 =6.400,P <0.01 ).Conclusion Acupuncture and auricular application has obvious curative effect for patients with postpartum hypogalactia.