Effect of Acupuncture plus Intradermal Needle on Blood Pressure in Patients with Low-risk Mild Essential Hypertension
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2019.02.0156
- VernacularTitle:针刺联合揿针对轻度原发性高血压患者血压的影响
- Author:
Xiao-Mei ZHANG
1
;
Hao LI
;
Hao CHEN
Author Information
1. 常熟市虞山镇城区社区卫生服务中心
- Keywords:
Acupuncture therapy;
Intradermal needle;
Hypertension;
Randomized controlled trial;
Intradermal needle therapy
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2019;38(2):156-159
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the regulatory effect of acupuncture plus intradermal needle on blood pressure in patients with low-risk mild essential hypertension. Method Sixty patients with low-risk mild essential hypertension were randomized into an experiment group and a control group. The experiment group was intervened by acupuncture plus intradermal needle in addition to life habit control; the control group was simply intervened by life habit control.The intervention lasted 4 weeks for both groups. Result Twenty-nine subjects in the experiment group and 30 subjects in the control group finished the trial, and thus a total of 59 cases were involved in the statistical analysis. After treatment, the systolic blood pressure (SBP) was (130.93±4.25) mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was (81.31±3.06) mmHg in the experiment group, versus (135.77±4.12) mmHg and (84.07±4.08) mmHg in the control group.The between-group differences in the SBP and DBP after treatment were statistically significant (P<0.05). After treatment, the SBP in the experiment group dropped by (17.27±6.08) mmHg and the DBP dropped by (6.48±5.69) mmHg, versus (12.36±5.54) mmHg and (2.73±4.66) mmHg in the control group. There were significant differences in the decreases of SBP and DBP between the two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture plus intradermal needle can produce satisfactory effect in down-regulating the blood pressure in patients with mild essential hypertension.
