Therapeutic Effect Evaluation of Acupuncture and Chinese Patent Medicine on Rheumatoid Arthritis
- VernacularTitle:Therapeutic Effect Evaluation of Acupuncture and Chinese Patent Medicine on Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Author:
Hongliang XIE
;
Zhao SHI
;
Xuemei CAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Arthritis,rheumatoid;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Acupuncture-Moxibustion
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2007;5(1):55-58
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of combining use of acupuncture and drugs on rheumatoid arthritis(RA) in the early and the active stages of by the imaging of bone and joint with 99m TC-methlene diphosphate(MDP). Methods: 102 cases of RA in the early and the active stages were randomly allocated into the compound Fengshining group (Group A),acupuncture group(Group B), and compound Fengshining plus acupuncture group(Group C).They were treated for 30 days. All patients were examined before treatment and after treatment by 99m TC-MDP imaging of the whole body, hands and feet, and analyzing method of random interested region was used to count the ratio of radioactivity in the affected area of RA to radioactivity in adjacent normal bone(T/TN). Meanwhile, joint swelling index, joint tenderness index, morning stiffness, gripping force, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were also observed. Results: T/TN of the Group A after treatments had no significant difference comparing with that before treatment(t = 1.35, P＞0.05), while the Group B and C had significant differences(t = 5.31, t=8.97, P＜0.01). The changes of clinical and experimental examination in the Group C had more significant differences than those in the Group A and B(P＜0.05).Conclusion: Acupuncture therapy could promote RA recovery, and combining use of acupuncture and compound Fengshining had better effect.
