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ObjectiveTo investigate the pain relieving degree and the comprehensive efficacy of pricking-cupping bloodletting plus microwave therapy in treating intractable tennis elbow.MethodSeventy-two patients meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated, using a random number table, to a treatment group (pricking-cupping bloodletting plus microwave therapy,n=36) and a control group (electroacupuncture plus microwave therapy,n=36). The pain relieving degree and the overall therapeutic effect were assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and theCriteria of Syndrome Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effect in Traditional Chinese Medicinein the patients after treatment.ResultThe pain relieving degree and the overall therapeutic effect were more remarkable in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionPricking-cupping bloodletting plus microwave therapy can effectively heighten the pain relieving degree and the overall therapeutic effect in treating patients with intractable tennis elbow.
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The medical humanistic spirit is an ethical concept which takes people-oriented,life-loving,and a sustainable development of human physical and mental health as its ideal value.However,since the modern society is filled with technological doctrines,utilitarianism and market-oriented behaviors,making the humanistic spirit in medical education weakened,resulting in unethical action of healthcare services,disordered healthcare services,and the imbalance between physicians and patients.This paper studies the question of modern medicine brought about by the loss of humanistic spirit,discusses the "humanistic" feature of new healthcare reform,and bring forward a medical personnel training mode which stresses humanistic spirit.