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Effects of warming needle moxibustion in patients with lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans of blood stasis type
Ruiheng Wang, Genli Liu, Xiaowei Wang, Gang Zhao
Published 2018-04-26
Cite as Chin J Mod Nurs, 2018, 24(12): 1461-1464. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2018.12.025
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical effects of warming needle moxibustion on lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans of blood stasis type.
MethodsFrom September 2015 to September 2017, we selected 60 patients from the First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine. All of the patients were divided into control group and intervention group with the randomized control method, 30 cases in each group. Patients of control group were treated with Huo Xue Tong Mai Yin decoction. Patients of intervention group accepted warming needle moxibustion and Huo Xue Tong Mai Yin decoction. We compared the clinical effects, diameter and blood flow parameters of lower extremity artery, the expression of nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin (ET) between two groups before and after treatment.
ResultsClinlcal symptoms of patients between two groups all relieved in different degrees. For example, pain eased; the temperature of lower limb got warm again; the dull-red and pale colour weakened; the number of walk and qi-blood increased; the improvements of the symptoms in intervention group were better than those in control group with significant differences (P<0.05) . The improvements of diameter and blood flow parameters of lower extremity artery in intervention group were significantly better than those in control group (P<0.05) . After treatment, the expression of NO and ET of intervention group was (39.30±3.10) ng/L and (28.14±3.10) μmol/L respectively better than those of control group with significant differences (t=3.277, 2.716; P<0.05) .
ConclusionsWarming needle moxibustion has a remarkable clinical effect on lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans of blood stasis type. It is worth to be generalized.
Key words:
Nitric oxide; Arteriosclerosis obliterans of lower limbs; Blood stasis type; Warming needle moxibustion; Vascular endothelial cells
Contributor Information
Ruiheng Wang
Vascular Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150006, China
Genli Liu
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150006, China
Xiaowei Wang
Ultrasound Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
Gang Zhao
Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
