Clinical Research Of Cevical Vertigo Treated With Balance Accupuncture Combined With Traditional Chinese Medicine

Objective: The research was intent to observe the clinical effect of cervical vertigo treated with the balance accupuncture combined with traditional Chinese medicine and with the traditional Chinese medicine therapy alone. By comparing symptoms of traditional Chinese medicine , severity of vertigo , estimations of the functions and the quality of life before and after treated with the separate therapies , a serial of accessments are processed to evaluate the clinical effect of the combined therapy so that consequences can be made to help electing the favorable treatment.Method: Outpatients and emergency attendances with cervical vertigo attending during Aug 2007 to Jua 2008 were investigated as the study population. Single-blinded , randomized controlled methodology was applied to assigning participants into two groups. The study group receives the balance accupuncture combined with traditional Chinese medicine therapy while the control group receives only traditional Chinese medicine therapy. The TCM symptoms , severity of vertigo , estimations of the functions and the quality of life were monitored at the 3th , the 7th and the 14th day of the treatment. Make contrasts of the efficacy of two groups and analyze the data mentioned above to check which therapy is more preferable.Results:1,The latter scores of the Symptoms and Functions Scale are better than the former ones (P<0.05).2,The symptoms and functions Scale shows notable divergences between two therapies at the 3th and the 7th day of the treatment (P<0. 05) , which show no divergences at the 14th day of the treatment (P>0.05) .3,The TCM symptoms Scale shows notable divergences between two therapies atthe 3th day of the treatment (P<0.05).Conclusion:1,Both therapies show notable efficacy in treating cervical vertigo.2,The combined therapy performs better improvements on of vertigo syndromes ,functional activities and the quality of life than the sole one at short term(within 7 days) . The balance accupuncture shows no joint effect after 2 weekstreatment.3,The balance accupuncture therapy probably relieve vertigo syndromes byreleasing transmitters to adjust the pathological system and help improvementation.