Technical Characteristics of Infantile Massage in the Treatment of 240 Infants with Acute Diarrhea
10.11842/wst.2013.04.030
- VernacularTitle:小儿推拿治疗240例婴幼儿急性腹泻技术手法特点
- Author:
Yu PENG
;
Li LENG
;
Haipeng SUN
;
Jianhui YANG
;
Huirao WANG
;
Yue PENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Infants;
acute diarrhea;
Tuina massage techniques;
technical characteristics
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2013;(4):774-779
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This study was aimed to objectively evaluate the validity and safety of normalized Tuina massage thera-py on the treatment of 240 infants with acute diarrhea, thus disseminate and promote the application of infantile Tuina massage therapy. This study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of 240 cases with acute infantile diarrhea. The experimental group (180 cases) was treated with Tuina massage therapy. The main acupoints are Pi-jing, Da-chang, Lan-men. And the combining acupoint is San-guan. In the control group (60 cases), the pa-tients were orally administered with Smecta. The statistical analysis was conducted with SPSS 15.0. The compre-hensive curative effect, time point effect, safety and technical stability of infantile Tuina massage were evaluated in the treatment of acute diarrhea. The results showed that the comprehensive effect of cure rate in the experi-mental group was 75.6% (136/180), and that of the control group was 21.7% (13/60). It showed that the effect in the experimental group was significantly better than the control group (P < 0.001). Time point effect showed that the TCM Syndrome Total Score was significantly improved in experimental group compared with control group ( P < 0 . 001 ) . Tuina massage techniques were stable in each research center ( P > 0 . 05 ) . Furthermore , there was no side effect in both groups. It was concluded that the infantile massage technique is an effective therapy for the treatment of acute diarrhea . Meanwhile , it is a safe and stable therapy and is worth popularizing .
