Clinical Study on Acupuncture at Xi Xue(Cleft Points) Combined with Injection of Chinese Medicine for Treatment of 30 Cases of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Prolapse of Blood Stasis Type / 中医杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe clinical therapeutic effect and mechanisms of acupuncture at Xi Xue(cleft points) combined with injection of Chinese medicine for treatment of 30 cases of lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse of blood stasis type.Methods:60 cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group,30 cases in each.Patients of the treatment group were treated with acupuncture at L4-S1 Jiaji points(EX-B_2),Waiqiu(GB 36),Weizhong(BL 40),Xiaxi(GB 43),combined with injection of Puerarin Injectio,and the control group were given routine acupuncture combined with injection of Puerarin Injectio into Ashi points.Changes of interleukin-6(IL-6) and hemorheologic indexes before and after treatment were investigated in the two groups.Results:In the treatment group,total therapeutic effect was significantly superior to(P