Clinical Study on Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture for Treatment of 30 Cases of Peripheral Neuritis Complicated by Diabetes
- VernacularTitle:腕踝针疗法治疗糖尿病末梢神经炎30例临床研究
- Author:
Hequn JIANG
;
Kuande SHI
;
Xuemei LI
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes/complication;
polyradicuneuropathy/acup-mox therapy;
wrist-ankle needle
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1993;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study on mechanisms of wrist-ankle acupuncture for prevention and treatment of peripheral neuritis complicated by diabetes.Methods:Ninety cases of peripheral neuritis complicated by diabetes were treated respectively by wrist-ankle acupuncture and body acupuncture,with western medicine routine treatment used as control group,30 cases in each group.The therapeutic effects and laboratory results were compared.Results:Therapeutic effects in wrist-ankle acupuncture group and body-acupuncture group were significantly superior to that in control group,with no significant difference between wrist-ankle acupuncture and body-acupuncture group.Conclusion:Wrist-ankle acupuncture can improve blood glueose and metabolism blood lipids,decrease blood viscosity and recover function of peripheral nerve cells and it has a definite effect on diabetic peripheral neuritis.
