Abstract:

Objective

To observe the curative effects of even needling acupuncture combined with routine acupuncture treatment for stomach sagging.

Methods

Sixty patients with stomach sagging were collected from September 2013 to December 2014 in the first affiliated hospital of Tianjin university of traditional Chinese medicine. Patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. The treatment group were treated with even needling acupuncture combined with routine acupuncture, and the mainpoints including Zhongwan(RN 12), Weishu(BL 21), coordination of acupoints:Liangmen(ST 21), Tianshu(ST 25); Pishu(BL 20),Ganshu(BL 18), Danshu(BL 19); Neiguan,(PC 6),Hegu(LI 4), Fengchi(GB 20), Baihui(DU 20),Shangxing(DU 23); Yinlingquan(SP 9), Yanglingquan(GB 34), Sanyinjiao(SP 6)and Zusanli(ST 36);The operation methods were the corresponding inclined 0.5～1.0 inches at the front and backof Zhongwan(RN 12), Weishu(BL 21),the twisting reinforcing method at Yinlingquan(SP 9), Yanglingquan(GB 34), Sanyinjiao(SP 6), Zusanli(ST 36)and other acupoints used reinforcing-reducing method.For the control group, routine acupuncture was used at Pishu(BL 20), Weishu(BL 21), select Zhongwan(RN 12), Zusanli(ST 36) and Baihui(DU 20).The treatment was1 time a day, 7 times were for the 1 course and 4 courses of treatment were given to both two group. Data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software (SPSS17.0), and the efficacy of the two groups was compared by rank sum test.The differences were considered significant when P＜0.05.

Results

In the treatment group,16 cases were cured, 9 cases markedly effective, 3 cases effective and 2 cases invalid. The efficient rate was 93.33% (28/30). For control group, 10 cases were cured, 7 cases markedly effective, 6 cases effective and invalid 7 cases. The efficient rate was 76.67% (23/30). There was significant difference in the clinical efficacy between two groups analysed by Ridit analysis (P＜0.05).

Conclusion

The efficient rate is significantly higher in the treatment group than that of the control group. The even needling combined with routine acupuncture treatment shows remarkable efficiency in treatment of stomach sagging, which worthy of clinical promotion.

Key words: Acupuncture therapy, Stomach diseases, Therapies, investigational, Even thorn