| Objective Observe the clinical efficacy of the perennial allergic rhinitis in adult patients treated by the warming acupuncture treatment during three ten-days period of the hot season, explore the effect of curative opportunity on this treatment.Methods Collected119perennial allergic rhinitis in adult(25-50year) patients who were treated in the acupuncture clinic of Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in three ten-days period of the hot season(07/18-08/17) of2012. The132AR patients were divided randomly and equally into four groups, including33cases as the control group,33cases as the treatment group I,33cases as the treatment group II and33cases as the treatment groupⅢ. All the cases of the four groups were treated points(DU14, BL12, BL13, BL20, BL23) with the warming acupuncture treatment. The patients of the control group were treated in the7th of the ten Heavenly Stems day, the patients of the treatment group I were treated in the7th and the last of the ten Heavenly Stems days, the patients of the treatment groupⅡ were treated in the6th, the7th and the last of the ten Heavenly Stems days, the patients of the treatment groupIII were treated in the6th, the7th, the8th and the last of the ten Heavenly Steins days. Recorded the symptom score, the sign score and the total score at the end of three ten-days period of the hot season, the beginning of winter and at the end the Winter Solstice. The data were analyzed by statistical software SPSS16.0for windows.Results Efficacy:①All cases of four groups were improved.The efficacy of the control group had no statistically differences(P>0.05) with the treatment group I, and the efficacy of the treatment group II had no statistically differences(P>0.05) with the treatment groupⅢ.②The efficacy of the treatment group II and the treatment groupIII both had statistically differences(P<0.05)with the control group and the treatment group I. Comparison among groups:①At the end of the Winter Solstice, the treatment group II sign score had statistically differences(P<0.05) with the control group. The other sign scores of the four groups had no statistically differences(P>0.05) each other.②The symptom scores and the total scores of the treatment group II and the treatment groupIII both had statistically differences(P<0.05) with the other groups, while these two groups had no statistically differences(P>0.05)each other. Intra-group comparison:①After the treatment, the scores of each group had no statistically differences(P>0.05).②Each group’s symptom score and total score were down, and had statistically differences before treatment(P<0.05).③At the end of three ten-days period of the hot season and the beginning of winter, the sign score of the treatment group II had no statistically differences(P>0.05)before treatment, while the sign score in Winter Solstice had statistically differences (P<0.05)before treatment. The sign scores of the other groups had no statistically differences(P>0.05)before treatment.Conclusion①The Warming Acupuncture Treatment of Winter Diseases Summer Treatment had a certain therapeutic effect for the perennial allergic rhinitis in adult patients. The therapeutic effect on improving symptoms is much better. It embodies the clinic practical value in the Unity of Heaven and Man theory from Traditional Chinese Medicine.②The best efficacy group was the treatment group II which was treated in the6th, the7th and the last of the ten Heavenly Stems days of three ten-days period of the hot season It was mainly reflected by the improvement of symptoms, and the efficacy was durable and stable. And the improvement of signs was better than other groups. It means the time factors had effect on the treatment, and the disease had close relationship with the deficiency of the lung, spleen and kidney. |