Observations on the Efficacy of Dong's Extra-point Pricking Bloodletting Therapy for Female Chloasma of Liver Depression and Qi Stagnation Type
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2018.03.0297
- VernacularTitle:董氏奇穴刺血疗法治疗女性肝郁气滞型黄褐斑的疗效观察
- Author:
Ying-Cai LIU
1
;
Li-Jun TIAN
;
Yang-Yang XU
;
Xiu-Ying QI
;
Qing-Ming LIU
;
Le TANG
;
Zhao-Jun ZHANG
;
Chun-Xia HAN
Author Information
1. 莱芜市人民医院
- Keywords:
Acupuncture therapy;
Chloasma;
Pricking bloodletting therapy;
Liver depression and qi stagnation
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2018;37(3):297-299
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of Dong's extra-point pricking bloodletting therapy for female chloasma of liver depression and qi stagnation type. Methods One hundred and twenty female patients with chloasma of liver depression and qi stagnation type were randomized to treatment and control groups, 60 cases each. The control group received Dong's extra-point pricking bloodletting therapy and the treatment group, conventional acupuncture. The symptom and sign score was recorded in the two groups before and after treatment. The clinical therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups. Results The total efficacy rate was 95.5％ in the treatment group and 81.7％ in the control group; there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). The pre-/post-treatment symptom and sign score difference value was (0.98±0.23) in the treatment group and (0.81±0.18) in the control group; there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Dong's extra-point pricking bloodletting therapy is an effective way to treat female chloasma of liver depression and qi stagnation type.
