Analysis of the effect of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation and washing for hemorrhoids / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the application effect of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation in the treatment of hemorrhoids.Methods 80 patients with hemorrhoids were chosen as the research subjects,they were randomly divided into two groups.40 cases in the control group received conventional western medicine treatment,40 cases in the observation group were treated by traditional Chinese medicine fumigation.The symptom scores before and after treatment,the symptoms disappear time and clinical effect were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 90％,which was significantly higher than 75％ of the control group (x2 =4.12,P ＜ 0.05).After treatment,the anal pain,anal edema,anal pruritus,bloody symptom scores of the two groups were lower than before treatment,the symptom scores after treatment between the two groups had statistically significant differences (t =12.11,13.02,14.19,12.09,all P ＜ 0.05).The disappearance time of anal pain,anal edema,anal urticant,bloody of the observation group were (4.1 ± 0.2) d,(3.4 ± 0.1) d,(4.0 ± 0.2) d,(5.0 ± 1.1) d,respectively,which were shorter than those of the control group [(6.9 ± 0.5) d,(6.0 ± 1.1) d,(6.8 ± 1.1)d,(8.0 ± 0.2)d],the differences between the two groups were statistically significant (t =13.10,13.09,14.18,11.29,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Chinese medicine fumigation in the treatment of patients with hemorrhoids,anal pain,anal edema,can significantly improve the patients’ symptoms such as anal urticant,bloody,the clinical effect is superior to conventional western medicine treatment.