Jun Yao1, Nai-fang Li. 1. Center of Acup-Moxibustion and Massage, Beijing Hospital of Integrated TCM and WM, Beijing 100039, China. jbyj2007@sina.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective therapy for acute eczema. METHODS:Eighty-eight cases were divided into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group (n=46) were treated with pricking the affected parts with three-edge needle and blood-letting puncturing and cupping at back-shu points with three-edge needle, and the control group (n=42) with oral administration of Clarityne and external application of Pairuisong Ointment. RESULTS: The total effective rate and the cured and markedly effective rate were 100.0% and 89.1% in the treatment group and 88.1% and 42.9% in the control group with no significant difference in the total effective rate (P > 0.05) and with a very significant difference in the cured and markedly effective rate between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION:Pricking and blood-letting and cupping with a three-edge needle has a definite therapeutic effect on acute eczema, which is better than that of the western medicine.
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OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective therapy for acute eczema. METHODS: Eighty-eight cases were divided into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group (n=46) were treated with pricking the affected parts with three-edge needle and blood-letting puncturing and cupping at back-shu points with three-edge needle, and the control group (n=42) with oral administration of Clarityne and external application of Pairuisong Ointment. RESULTS: The total effective rate and the cured and markedly effective rate were 100.0% and 89.1% in the treatment group and 88.1% and 42.9% in the control group with no significant difference in the total effective rate (P > 0.05) and with a very significant difference in the cured and markedly effective rate between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Pricking and blood-letting and cupping with a three-edge needle has a definite therapeutic effect on acute eczema, which is better than that of the western medicine.