Efficacy of integrated traditional Chinese medicinein treatment of 45 herpes zoster patients
CHEN Wei1, HOU Haili2, and HUANG Hanying3
1.Department of Dermatology, 2.Health Division, 3.Department of Otolaryngology, The Third Hospital of Beijing Municipal Corps,Chinese People’s Armed Police Force,Beijing 100141,China
Abstract:Objective To study the clinical efficacy of decoction of gentian for purging liver fire combined with plum–blossom needle,cupping and semiconductor laser in study of herpes zoster, and the incidence of postherpes neuralgia.Methods Eighty-six patients with herpes zoster were randomly divided into two groups:the study group (45 patients)and the control group (41 patients). Gentiana for purging liver fire decoction combined with plum–blossom needle,cupping and semiconductor laser were given to the study group while the control group was treated with Gentiana for purging liver fire decoction. Ten days later,the therapeutic efficacy was analyzed after completion of the therapy.Results The curative rate was 97.78% in the study group and 51.22% in the control group.The total effective rate was 100% in the study group and 78.05% in the control group. The occurrence rate of residual neuralgia was 6.7% in the study group and 36.59% in the control group. There was statistically significant difference in the curative rate and the total effective rate and the postherpes neuralgia occurrence rate between the two groups.The Results of statistics of the two groups were χ2=25.20,P<0.01 and χ2=8.81,P<0.01 and χ2=11.60 ,P<0.01,separately.Conclusions Gentiana for purging liver fire decoction combined with plum-blossom needle,cupping and semiconductor laser treatment is more effective than gentian for purging liver fire decoction alone in the treatment of herpes zoster,and can effectively prevent the postherpes neuralgia.
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