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Observations on the Efficacy of Dog Days' Acupoint Application in Treating Allergic Rhinitis / 上海针灸杂志
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion ; (12): 588-593, 2017.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-512965
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of dog days' acupoint application in treating allergic rhinitis and assess its safety.Methods Two hundred and forty-nine patients were randomly allocated to a dog days' acupoint application group of 166 cases and a placebo group of 83 cases. The two groups were received treatment at the first day of the first, second and last periods of the hot season The dog days' acupoint application group received acupoint application of Chinese herbal medicine and the placebo group, acupoint application of non-medicinal placebo. In the two groups, the symptoms and signs were scored and the VAS score was recorded before and after treatment and during the follow-up period, and adverse reactions and relapses were observed and the clinical therapeutic effect of acupoint application and its safety were assessed after treatment and during the follow-up period.Results The total efficacy rate was 69.8% in the dog days' acupoint application group and 44.4% in the placebo group. The therapeutic effect was significantly better in the dog days' acupoint application group than in the placebo group (P0.05). The relapse rate was 46,6% at the 6-month follow-up and 62.1% at the 12-month follow-up in the dog days' acupoint application group and 85.2% and 95.1% in the placebo group; there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.01).Conclusions Dog days' acupoint application has better short-term and long-term therapeutic effect on allergic rhinitis with a low relapse rate and high safety.

Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Chinese Journal: Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Year: 2017 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Chinese Journal: Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Year: 2017 Type: Article