Clinical Study Of Guiqi Decoction For Laxativation And Ear Auricular Pressure Treating Children With Functional Constipation

Objective Through the investigatation of the clinical efficacy and security of Guiqi decoction for laxativation,ear auricular pressure treatment and foundation therapy in the treatment for children with functional constipation(FC), to explore the mechanism and advantage of FC and find a feasible and effective method for the treatment of FC.Methods Seventy-five children with FC were enrolled in this study and divided randomly into three group: Twenty-six cases were treated with Guiqi decoction for laxativation and foundation therapy as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) group, Twenty-five cases were treated with ear auricular pressure and foundation therapy as ear auricular group, Twenty-four cases were treated only with foundation therapy as control group . By two weeks treatment course, observe the integral changes of primary clinical symptoms and signs before and after treatment. Compare the onset time, the recent efficacy and the long-term efficacy after 2 months.Results 1. The comparison of the onset time : By means of statistics analysis , there was a statistics difference (P<0.05) among the three groups. 2.The comparison of the total efficiency : In accordance with the standards of clinical assessment, the recently total efficiency of TCM group is 96.15%, the recently total efficiency of ear auricular group is 92.00%,for the control group is 29.17%, there were significant statistics differences among the three groups (P<0.01) by means of statistics analysis. Two month later, the long-term efficiency of TCM group is 79.17%, the long-term efficiency of ear auricular group is 57.14%, for the control group is 52.63%, there were statistics differences among the three groups (P<0.05) by means of statistics analysis. 3. The comparison of the symptom scores: After the treatment, the principal clinical symptoms and signs of TCM group and ear auricular group were significantly improved and the integral declined in accordance with the standard of symptom score and grade. Compared with the control group, there were significant statistics differences ( P<0.01) by means of statistics analysis, there were no statistics difference about TCM group and ear auricular group in improving the clinical symptoms and signs(P>0.05).4. Safety of indicators, there were no significant adverse reactions among the three groups in the treatment.Conclusions The clinical observation indicated that Guiqi decoction for laxativation and ear auricular pressure treatment can significantly improve the clinical symptoms and signs, they are all effective ways to children with FC. Ear auricular pressure treatment works fast and Guiqi decoction for laxativation and ear auricular pressure treatment have good long-term results. It states that TCM have some advantages and characteristics on treating children with FC and opened a new avenues for the treatment of children with FC at the same time.