Comparison of the Detoxification Effects of Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture Plus Chinese Herbs on Heroin Addiction
- Author:
Lei ZONG
;
Jun HU
;
Yu LI
;
Ying LU
;
Yuhu XIN
;
Xuejun CUI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture Therapy;
Drug therapy;
Acupuncture Medication Combined;
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2005;3(4):3-5
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Heroin addicts were treated with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and acupuncture plus Chinese herbs respectively, their effects were compared with that of Western medicine.The scores of withdrawal symptoms were observed continuously for 20 days. The effect of acupuncture was better than that of Western medicine 48 hours after the withdrawal treatment (P＜ 0.05), and better than that of other three methods 72 hours after the withdrawal treatment, (P ＜ 0.01). Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and acupuncture plus Chinese herbs have the detoxification effects of varying degrees, in particular acupuncture' effect was the best. But all the therapies could not completely improve the withdrawal symptoms in the first 3 days of treatment, and acupuncture plus Chinese herbs had no synergetic effect in treating withdrawal symptoms.
