A Clinical Research on Intervention in Appendix Inflammatory Mass by Heavenly Cool-inducing Technique Adopted Distant and Neighboring Point Selection / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical efficacy and the difference of intervention in appendix inflammatory mass by heavenly cool-inducing technique adopted distant and neighboring point selection. Methods Eighty patients of the appendix inflammatory mass with toxic heat syndrome were randomly divided into control group, distant point selection group, neighboring point selection group, and combined group, 20 cases in each group. The control group adopted the conventional western medicine treatment. On the basis of control group, the rest 3 acupuncture groups adopted the heavenly cool-inducing technique for 14 d. The distant point selection group chose Hegu point and Lanwei point;the neighboring point selection group chose Ashi point and Tianshu point (right);the combined group put them together. The longest diameter and three-dimensional volume of inflammatory mass were determined before and after treatment. The serum levels of white blood cells, C-reactive protein were determined at the same time, and then the clinical effective was estimated. Results The longest diameter, three-dimensional volume of inflammatory mass, the serum levels of white blood cells, and C-reactive protein of patients in 4 groups were reduced after treatment. The above indicators in patients of 3 acupuncture groups were lower than the ones in control group, the indicators in combined group were the lowest (P0.05). The invalid number of cases in 3 acupuncture groups were fewer than the one in control group, and the indicators in combined group were fewest (P0.05). Conclusion There is obvious therapeutic efficacy of heavenly cool-inducing technique to appendix inflammatory mass, while the combination of distant and neighboring point selection is better than the single methods.