Clinical observation on electroacupuncture combined with moxibustion for treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke due to deficiency of kidney-yang / 针刺研究

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical effect of electroacupuncture combined with moxibustion in the treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke due to deficiency of kidney-yang. METHODS: Sixty patients with urinary incontinence after stroke due to kidney-yang deficiency were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group，with 30 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were given oral administration of Jingui Shenqi pills and Suoquan capsules. On the basis of the treatment in the control group, the patients in the observation group were given electroacupuncture treatment at the Foot Motor sensory Area on the head, Shenshu(BL23) and Huiyang(BL35), together with moxibustion at Guanyuan(CV4) and Qihai(CV6) once daily. The treatment was conducted 6 times per week and for 2 successive weeks. The average number of daily urinary incontinence and night urinary incontinence, maximum bladder volume, residual bladder urine volume, degree of urinary incontinence and clinical symptoms score of the two groups before and after treatment were observed. And the clinical efficacy of the two groups were compared. RESULTS: After the treatment, compared with those before the treatment, the average numbers of daily and night urinary incontinence of the two groups were significantly reduced (P<0.01), the maximum bladder volume was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the residual urine volume of the bladder was significantly reduced (P<0.05). The number of cases with urinary incontinence degree Ⅰ and Ⅱ increased (P<0.05), and the score of clinical symptoms of urinary incontinence was significantly reduced (P<0.05). After the treatment, compared with the control group, the number of daily and night urinary incontinence in the observation group decreased (P<0.05), the maximum bladder volume increased (P<0.05), the residual bladder urine volume decreased (P<0.05), and the number of cases with urinary incontinence degree Ⅰ and Ⅱ increased (P<0.05), the clinical symptom score of urinary incontinence was significantly reduced (P<0.05). The total effective rates of the control group and the observation group were 73.3% (22/30) and 93.3% (28/30) respectively, and the effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The combination of electroacupuncture, moxibustion and traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating urinary incontinence after stroke due to deficiency of kidney-yang.