ABSTRACT
Objective:To study on mechanisms of wrist-ankle acupuncture for prevention and treatment of peripheral neuritis complicated by diabetes.Methods:Ninety cases of peripheral neuritis complicated by diabetes were treated respectively by wrist-ankle acupuncture and body acupuncture,with western medicine routine treatment used as control group,30 cases in each group.The therapeutic effects and laboratory results were compared.Results:Therapeutic effects in wrist-ankle acupuncture group and body-acupuncture group were significantly superior to that in control group,with no significant difference between wrist-ankle acupuncture and body-acupuncture group.Conclusion:Wrist-ankle acupuncture can improve blood glueose and metabolism blood lipids,decrease blood viscosity and recover function of peripheral nerve cells and it has a definite effect on diabetic peripheral neuritis.