Clinical Effect Observation of Superficial Needling Therapy on the Breast Tenderness Caused by Mammary Glands Hyperplasia
10.14148/j.issn.1672-0482.2016.0134
- VernacularTitle:浮针疗法对乳腺增生病疼痛的疗效观察
- Author:
Dong CHEN
1
;
You-Bing XIA
;
Li-Jun LING
;
Zhong-Hua FU
;
An-Ju XIAO
;
Kai-Lu LYU
Author Information
1. 南京中医药大学第二临床医学院
- Keywords:
mammary glands hyperplasia;
breast tenderness;
superficial needling;
short-term efficacy;
long-term efficacy
- From:
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;32(2):134-137
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ABSTRACT:OBJECTIVE To observe the differences of curative effect among superficial needle therapy,Xiakucao oral solu-tion and Vitamin E soft capsules on the breast tenderness caused by mammary glands hyperplasia and to explore the optimum therapeutic method.METHODS 105 patients with mammary glands hyperplasia were randomly divided into the superficial needling group,the Xiakucao group and the Vitamin E group,with 35 cases in every group.Patients in the superficial needling group were treated with the superficial needling retaining for 5 hours.Patients in the Xiakucao group and the Vitamin E group took medicine with oral administration.Treatment in the three groups all began from 7 ± 3 days before menstruation and stopped during menstruation.The superficial needling group was treated once every other day with total 3 times.Patients in the Xiakucao group took medicine twice a day in the morning and evening.The Vitamin E group was treated once a day.Com-pare the scores of short form McGill pain Questionnaire(SF-MPQ) before and after the treatment and after one month follow-up.Record the time needed for pain relieving in the first treatment of the superficial needling group and the adverse effects in the three groups.RESULTS After the treatment,the breast tenderness was improved obviously in the three groups (P <0.01)and the superficial needling group was superior to the other groups(P <0.01).During the one-month follow up,the su-perficial needling group showed good effects(P <0.01).It also showed fast effect on relieving the pain in the first treatment. The Xiakucao group was superior to the Vitamin E group in the improvement of the breast tenderness(P <0.05).CONCLU-SION The superficial needling therapy shows fast and lasting effects on relieving the pain of mammary glands hyperplasia, which is superior to Xiakucao oral solution and Vitamin E soft capsules.
