| Objective： To investigate the efficacy of modified Tuolixiaodusan plus blood-letting puncture and cupping in treating postherpetic neuralgia, to analyze the advantagesof comprehensive application of the traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and toevaluate its situation on the improvement of the quality of patients’ life and to preliminarilydiscuss the action mechanism of the comprehensive therapy.Method： According to the original order of their first visit, the patients concernedwere randomly divided into three groups----the treatment group, control group1andcontrol group2, with25cases in each group. Within four weeks, the treatment group takemodified Tuolixiaodusan plus blood-letting puncture and cupping; control group1onlytake Tuolixiaodusan; control group2only have blood-letting puncture and cupping; and allthree groups take Mecobalamin Capsules along. Comparison is made on the clinicalefficacy and life quality of the patients.Results：1. On the clinical efficacy: For the treatment group the total response rate is96.00%; for the control group1the total response rate is92.00%, and for the control group2the total response rate is88.00%. The Total response rate of the treatment group isobviously higher than that of control group1and control group2, which has significant differences (p <0.05) by statistical analysis.2. On the quality oflife: There are significant difference in quality of life for the three groups after treatment.And the positive correlation were observed between the quality of life before treatment andclinical efficacy (p <0.0001), and the difference of the quality of life before and after thetreatment is also positively correlated with the difference of clinical efficacy(p <0.0001).Conclusion: Definite efficacy has been observied in treating postherpetic neuralgia by modified Tuolixiaodusan plus blood-letting puncture and cupping, which has less sideeffects and can significantly improve the patient’s quality of life. |
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