Clinical Research Of The Treatment Of Acupuncture Combined With Herbal Medicine On Reflux Esophagitis Of Liver And Stomach Heat Retention Throught The Observation On Symptoms And Gastroscope Result

Objective:To evaluate objectively the clinical effect and the selection of acupoints for the patients with reflux esophagitis (RE) who received the treatment of acupuncture combined with medicine; to observe the rucurrence and provide new methods and explore the long-term effect of RE.Method:adopting the random and open trial through the questionnaire,rating scale of symptoms and gastroscope, we select 60 cases meeting the inclusive criteria and divide them into two groups randomly. We apply the acupuncture to the treatment group besides the herbal decoction while herbal decoction only for the control group. After the treatment phase, we do the questionnaire of symptoms again and the gastroscope again for portion of the cases.Results:The clinical research shows that the total effective rate of treatment group is 96.7% and 90.0% for gastroscope effect. Correspondingly, in the control group, the value is 86.7% and 73.3%. there is significant difference (p<0.05)in both groups, but the treatment group is better on the improvement of some symptoms as acid regurgitatio,heart burn,retrosternal pain as well as the reduction of recurrence.Conclusion:1.In light of the improvement of symptoms and gastroscope result and the reduction of recurrence, treatment group is a better selection than the control group which has only the oral decoction for the treatment.2.The probable mechanism lies in the acupucture has a coordinating effect when combined with herbal medicine on improving the LES function, promoting stomach evacuation, regulating the acid secretion and excretion.