Therapeutic Observation of Acupuncture plus Chinese Medicinal Fumigation for Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2016.05.0552
- VernacularTitle:针刺配合中药熏蒸治疗慢性盆腔炎疗效观察
- Author:
Zhihua HUANG
;
Manwei HUANG
;
Qiongmei WANG
;
Qianyu FU
;
Nanhua LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture therapy;
Pelvic inflammatory disease;
Steaming washing therapy
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2016;35(5):552-554
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus Chinese medicinal fumigation in treating chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (CPID).Method Totally 120 CPID patients were randomized into group A, group B and group C, 40 cases in each group. Group A was intervened by acupuncture plus Chinese medicinal fumigation, group B was by dry acupuncture treatment, while group C was by Chinese medicinal fumigation alone. After 3 treatment courses, the clinical efficacies were observed, and the relapse rates among the cured cases in 8 months after the whole treatment were compared among the 3 groups.Result The total effective rate and recovery rate were respectively 95.0% and 70.0% in group A, versus 82.5% and 45.0% in group B, and 57.5% and 32.5% in group C, and the total effective rate and recovery rate in group A were significantly different from that in group B and group C (P<0.05). The treatment duration for the recovered cases in group A was significantly different from that in group B and C (P<0.05). The relapse rate in the recovered cases in the 8-month follow-up was 10.7% in group A, versus 44.4% in group B and 53.8% in group C, and the relapse rate in group A was markedly lower than that in group B and C (P<0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture plus Chinese medicinal fumigation is an effective method in treating CPID, and its advantages include content efficacy, short treatment duration, and low relapse rate, etc.
