Effect of Hot-needle Therapy and Herbal Medicine Fuming-washing Combined with Western Medicine on Rheumatoid Arthritis:An Observation of 128 Cases
- VernacularTitle:热针配合中药熏洗联合药物治疗类风湿关节炎128例疗效观察
- Author:
Dehui FAN
;
Bo XIA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HOT-NEEDLE THERAPY;
HERBAL MEDICINE FUMING-WASHING;
ARTHRITIS,RHEUMATOID /acupuncture therapy;
ARTHRITIS,RHEUMATOID /drug therapy;
ANTI-INFLAMMATION AGENTS,NON-STEROIDAL/therapeutic use
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2000;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
【Objective】To observe the influence of hot-needle therapy and herbal medicine fuming-washing combined with western medicine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis(RA).【Methods】One hundred and twenty-eight RA patients were equally randomized into two groups: group A received hot-needle therapy and herbal medicine fuming-washing combined with western medicine of meloxicam,salazosulfamide,and methotrexate,and group B was treated with western medicine only.The treatment lasted one month.Symptoms and signs of early morning stiffness time,grip strength,joints with tenderness count,tenderness index,auricular rest pain,swollen joints count,swelling index as well as the evaluation by the patients themselves and the doctors were observed before and after treatment.Meanwhile,the changes of rheumatoid factor(RF),C-reactive protein(CRP),erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR),the white blood cell(WBC) count and platelet(PLT) count were evaluated before and after treatment.【Results】The total effective rate in group A was 78.1%,which was superior to 53.1% in group B(P
