To Observe The Clinical Effect On Functional Constipation By Catgut Implantation At Acupoint

BackgroundAcupuncture treatment as a treatment for one of the important ways of functional constipation has a long history, acupuncture promote gastric peristalsis is the treatment of constipation modern medical foundation. Acupuncture treats constipation and different drugs, drug itself contains purgation and runchang material composition, and acupuncture is through the adjustment of gastric bowel function and their work, more can affect a permanent cure. Buried line as a kind of acupuncture and moxibustion with long stimulate acupoints, extend the curative effect maintain time, reduce the frequency of medical patients advantage.As one of the important treatment of functional constipation, acupuncture has a long history. Promoting gastric bowel peristalsis is the modern medical foundation of constipation treatment. Different from drugs which contain purgation and runchang material composition, acupuncture tends to have a permanent cure effect by the way of adjusting gastric bowel function itself. As one kind of acupuncture, catgut implantation at acupoint can keep a long-term stimulation for acupuncture point, extend the effective period of acupuncture, reduce the frequency of doctor visits.ObjectiveThe study was to observe the effect of catgut implantation at acu-point on the treatment of FC and to discuss the therapeutic mechanism, and to appraise its therapeutic evaluation on the treatment of FC. It was also expected to obtain the basis of evidence based medicine for catgut implantation at acu-point on treating of FC and then to improve the clinical effect of TCM on treating FC. It is to look for a method that is convenient and effective, in order to achieve economic and social efficiency.MethodsIn this study, All the patients with FC come from the Digestive System Dept. and Anorectal Dept. of First affiliated hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM and met the criteria. They were randomly divided into two groups:the treatment group and the control group.Each group had30patients.The treatment group was treated by catgut implantation at acu-point with drugs, while the control group was treated by drugs only.Both groups were treated for3periods. The acupoints of treatment group were Tianshu, Guanyuan and Shangjuxu. We observed two groups’clinical effect with Symptom rating scale of FC. The differences of clinical effect between the two groups were assessed by SPSS software statistics.ResultsAfter the treatment, the effective rate of the treatment group and control group were93.3%and83.3%respectively. The differences of clinical effect between two groups had no remarkable significance (P>0.05) after statistical analysis. Two groups’score differences of Symptom rating scale of FC between before and after treatment have remarkable significance (P<0.05). But compared two groups’score of after treatment, we find that the symptoms’change of feces character, defecate difficulty and frequency (all P<0.05) have remarkable significance. This means that in the aspects of improving patients’symptoms the treatment group is better.ConclusionClinical research showed that catgut implantation at acupoint with drugs has better effect on the improvement of symptom and quality of life than drugs only. Thus, it has a good clinical application future.