Clinical Efficacy and Transdermal Absorption of Suhong Bone-penetrating Massage Drug for Rheumatic Arthralgia / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and transdermal absorption of Suhong bone-penetrating massage drug for rheumatic arthralgia. METHODS:Suhong bone-penetrating massage drug(Chinese medicine) was applied in 300 cases with rheumatic arthralgia characterized by various symptoms such as bone spur, injury, scapulohumeral periarthritis, acute injury or chronic strain of articular surrounding soft tissue; Suhongtougu powder was used as control to treat another 120 cases with the same disease. The curative efficacies in two groups were compared. The effects of the effective components such as Muskone,Borneo Camphor,Menthol in Suhong bone-penetrating massage drug on the transdermal absorption of this preparation was investigated by transdermal test on mice. RESULTS:The total effective rate in the treatment group was 93.24% as compared with 80.00% in the control group, showing significant difference between two groups(P