Therapeutic Observation ofXing Nao Kai Qiao Needling plus Thunder-fire Moxibustion for Vertebrobasilar Ischemia
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2015.11.1043
- VernacularTitle:醒脑开窍针法配合雷火灸治疗椎基底动脉供血不足疗效观察
- Author:
Fang FANG
;
Xiuhua CHEN
;
Yao SHI
;
Daojin XUE
;
Li GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture-moxibustion;
Xing Nao Kai Qiao;
Thunder-fire drugs-moxa moxibustion;
Vertebrobasilar insufficiency;
Moxa stick moxibustion
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2015;(11):1043-1045
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy ofXing Nao Kai Qiao (brain-awakening and orifice-opening) needling plus thunder-fire moxibustion in treating vertebrobasilar ischemia.Method Fifty-five patients with vertebrobasilar ischemia were randomized into a treatment group of 26 cases and a control group of 29 cases. The treatment group was intervened byXing Nao Kai Qiao needling plus thunder-fire moxibustion, while the control group was by oral administration ofYangxue Qingnao granules. The blood flow of vertebrobasilar arteries were observed by using ultrasonic Doppler blood-flow detector before and after intervention, and the clinical efficacies were compared between the two groups.Result The recovery and markedly-effective rate and total effective rate were respectively 61.5% and 96.2% in the treatment group, versus 34.5% and 89.7% in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.01,P<0.05). The VS and VD of vertebral arteries and VS of basilar arteries were significantly changed after intervention in the treatment group (P<0.05). The VS of basilar arteries was significantly changed after intervention in the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, The VS of vertebral and basilar arteries in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionXing Nao Kai Qiao needling plus thunder-fire moxibustion is an effective approach in treating vertebrobasilar ischemia.
