Clinical study on pediatric Tuina combined with traditional Chinese medicine hot compress in treating children with nocturnal crying heart and spleen heat syndrome / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of children's massage combined with traditional Chinese medicine hot compress in the treatment of children with night crying heart and spleen fever syndrome.Methods:From April 2017 to January 2019, 90 children with nocturnal crying heart and spleen fever syndrome in the Department of Pediatrics, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, who met the selection criteria were divided into 2 groups according to random numbers, with 45 cases in each group. The control group was given oral calcium and vitamin D, and the observation group was given children's massage combined with traditional Chinese medicine hot compress treatment. Both groups were treated for 7 days. The scores of TCM syndromes were performed before and after treatment, and the improved SPIEGEL sleep scale was used to evaluate the sleep quality of the children, and to evaluate the efficacy of crying and TCM syndromes.Results:After treatment, the scores of the primary and secondary symptoms in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group ( t values were 44.449, 46.204, 56.476, respectively, all Ps<0.001); SPIEGEL sleep scale score (4.7 ± 0.9 vs. 8.3 ± 1.4, t=14.715) was significantly lower than that of the control group ( P<0.01). While the tongue coating and fingerprint abnormalities did not change significantly after treatment in both groups ( χ2 values were 0.403, 0.401, respectively, all Ps>0.05). The total effective rate of crying in the observation group was 91.1% (41/45) and that in the control group was 62.2% (28/45). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( χ2=10.497, P<0.01). The total effective rate of TCM syndromes in the observation group was 97.8% (44/45) and the control group was 48.9% (22/45). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( χ2=27.500, P<0.01). Conclusions:Pediatric massage therapy combined with traditional Chinese medicine hot pack can improve the TCM syndromes and symptoms of children with night crying heart and spleen fever syndrome, relieve sleep dysfunction, and improve clinical efficacy.