Effect Evaluation Of Applying Needle Warming Moxibustion On T_4-7 Jiaji Points To People Subjecting To Sub-healthy Chest Impediment And Applied Research On IRT Image

Objective:Applying needle warming moxibustion on T4-7 Jiaji points to people subjecting to sub-healthy chest impediment,evaluate the clinical effects by using the chest impediment TCM symptoms scale and SF-36. In addition,integrating the change of subjects’infrared thermal(IRT) image to discuss its value to efficacy evaluation in intervening sub-healthy chest impediment.Method:Randomly divide 64 eligible subjects equally into treatment group or control group based on their order of recruitment. To subjects in treatment group, apply needle warming moxibustion on T4-7 Jiaji points every other day,regard a week as a course; in the meanwhile,give subjects in control group some guidance of health preserving of TCM,and provide regimen direction once a week,besides these,withhold any intervention. Observe two groups 4weekscontinuously in total. Using the change of scores in chest impediment TCM symptoms scale and SF-36 before and after intervention to evaluate the curative effect,in addition,collect IRT images and analyze the change before and after intervention to compare with the assessment results,base on their uniformity to estimate the value of IRT images to efficacy evaluation in intervening sub-healthy chest impediment.Results:1.Our experiment has included 64 eligible subjects,3 of which had fell out.2.There was statistical differences between the chest impediment TCM symptoms scale scores of the subjects in treatment group before and after intervention(P<0.05),it reads the effective rate of the intervention is 93.5%.Also,the TCM symptoms score difference between the treatment group and control group is statistically significant after 4 courses(P<0.05).3.There was statistical differences between the SF-36 scale scores of the subjects in treatment group before and after intervention(P<0.05),it reads the improvement rate of the subjects’life quality is 67.7%. Also,the SF-36 score difference between the treatment group and control group is statistically significant after 4 courses(P<0.05).4.There was statistical differences between the average temperature of left precordia showed on IRT image of the subjects in treatment group before and after intervention(P<0.05),it reads 77.4% of the subjects in the treatment group got a rise in average temperature of left precordia. Also,the difference of average temperature of left precordia showed on IRT image between the treatment group and control group is statistically significant after 4 courses(P<0.05).5.The statistics analysis indicates that the assessment results between scale measurement and the change of average temperature of left precordia showed on IRT image has uniformity.6.No serious adverse event happened during the experiment.Conclusions:1.Applying needle warming moxibustion on T4-7 Jiaji points can improve clinical symptoms of people subjecting to sub-healthy chest impediment, and enhance their life quality.2.The change of subjects’average temperature of left precordia showed on IRT image can be considered as one of the indexes used to evaluate the interventional effect of sub-healthy chest impediment,which provides objective foundation and visualized gist. However, to gather more evidence, more experiments including abundant samples are still be required.3.Applying needle warming moxibustion on T4-7 Jiaji points can be considered as a effective and safe clinical treatment to extend widely.