Protective actions of acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy on hepatic function in the patient of cirrhosis after hepatitis / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the therapeutic effect of acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy on cirrhosis after hepatitis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty patients with cirrhosis after hepatitis were randomly divided into 2 groups. The control group (n=60) were treated by the hepatic protective therapy (diammonium glyeyrrhiznate, Silymarin, compound Tanshin, vitamin E), and the treatment group were treated by the liver-protective therapy and acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy, for 2-6 therapeutic courses. Clinical symptoms, hepatic function, serum markers of hepatitis B virus and indexes of hepatic fibrosis were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The markedly effective rate and the total effective rate were 65.0% and 95.0% in the treatment group, and 43.3% and 91.7% in the control group, and the serum indexes of hepatic fibrosis decreased signficantly, with significantly diferences (all P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy can improve clinical symptoms, rapidly restore hepatic function, decrease serum indexes of hepatic fibrosis in the patient of cirrhosis after hepatitis.</p>