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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of acupoint application in treating senile hypertension of yin deficiency and yang excess type.Methods Sixty-six old patients with hypertension of yin deficiency and yang excess type were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups, 33 cases each. The control group took nifedipine controlled release tablets and the treatment group received acupoint application in addition. The quality of life score was recorded in the two groups before and after treatment. The clinical therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups.Results The total efficacy rate in reducing blood pressure was 90.0% in the treatment group and 84.8% in the control group; there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). The total efficacy rate in improving the symptoms was 90.9% in the treatment group and 69.7% in the control group; there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference in the quality of life score in the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant post-treatment difference in the quality of life score between the treatment and control groups (P<0.05).Conclusions Acupoint application is an effective way to treat senile hypertension of yin deficiency and yang excess type. It can improve the quality of life in the patients.
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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of differentiation acupoint massage on the level of blood pressure control and self-efficacy in the elderly with hypertension with yin-deficiency and yangexcess under the model of empowerment education.Methods 80 elderly with hypertension with yin-deficiency and yang-excess were randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group with 40 patients in each group.Both of them received health education of differentiation acupoint massage consisted of 4 weekly sessions.The intervention group received it under the model of empowerment education whilst the other under the model of the general health education.After 4 weeks of sessions,all patients were followed up for 3 months.The blood pressure value was measured before the sessions and 4 weeks and 3 months after the sessions.The scores of self-efficacy was collected before and 3 months later.Results There were significant differences in the blood pressure,self-efficacy between the two groups after the intervention.Conclusions Differentiation acupoint massage under the model of empowerment education can significantly improve patients'self-efficacy and decrease the level of the blood pressure.