The Effect of Soothing and Smooth Liver and Nourishing Kidney and Acupuncture Treat Liver-YANG Syndrome Hypertension / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective] To analyse the effect of combining acupuncture of soothing liver, smooth liver and nourishing kidney with Amlodipine Besylate Tablets on light, medium hyperactivity of liver-YANG syndrome hypertension. [Methods] From January 2013 to January 2014, we collected 60 patients with hyperactivity of liver-YANG syndrome meeting the criterion. 30 patients in control group, taking Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, 14 male, 16 female, average age was 62.0 years old(54~72 years old); 30 cases in treatment group, on the basis of control group using soothing liver, smooth liver and nourishing kidney acupuncture, 13 males, 17 females, average age was 61.5 years old(53~73 years old). Patients were collected 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure, anxiety, TCM syndrome integral before and after treatment. [Results] After treatment, control group and the treatment group of ambulatory blood pressure, anxiety and TCM syndrome integral was significantly improved, the differences were statistically significant( P<0.05). In treatment group, daytime systolic blood pressure, daytime diastolic blood pressure, nighttime systolic blood pressure, nighttime diastolic blood pressure, 24h diastolic blood pressure and 24h systolic blood pressure were decreased significantly lower than the control group, and anxiety value, TCM syndrome integral was also improved better than control group(P<0.05). [Conclusion] Soothing liver, smooth liver and nourishing kidney acupuncture combined with oral drug can effectively control blood pressure for hyperactivity of liver-YANG syndrome hypertension patients; meantime it also can significantly relieve the TCM syndrome and anxiety symptom.