Evaluation of Therapeutic Effect and Safety of Deep Acupuncture at Tianshu(ST 25) for Treatment of Slow Transit Constipation
- VernacularTitle:深刺天枢穴治疗结肠慢转运性便秘疗效及安全性评价
- Author:
Wei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Colic diseases,functional/acup-mox therapy;
Constipation/acup-mox therapy;
Point,Tianshu(ST 25)
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1993;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the short-term and middle-term therapeutic effects and the safety of deep acupuncture at Tianshu(ST 25) for treatment of slow transit constipation(STC).Methods:60 cases of STC were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a control group.Cleveland Constipation Score(CCS) and colic transit time(CTT) before treatment,2 weeks and 6 months after the treatment were investigated,and the safety was evaluated by clinical,laboratory and imaging indexes.Results:For the short-term therapeutic effect,the treatment group was better than the control group(P
