Clinical curative effect of acupuncture and moxibustion for internal medicine yearbook

Previous international authoritative medical journals published acupuncture clinical research, a total of 4 piece, 1 piece of the result is positive, but the follow-up difference is not big, the rest of the three articles respectively uncertainty and negative results, the study result is positive, and the total treatment effect sustainable 20 weeks

Time: 2016-09-14

Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine

Author: Lin Xiaofei

Report from our correspondent (reporter Lin Xiaofei) international authoritative medical journal archives of yearbook published online on September 13, acupuncture clinical research papers of the acupuncture treatment of chronic severe randomized controlled trial of functional constipation, print will see issue in December this year.

Results show that a pure electric acupuncture treatment can obviously improve the completely independent of patients with chronic constipation defecate number, total treatment effect sustainable 20 weeks, and the treatment is safe, for the treatment of chronic severe constipation provides a new choice.

The study by the China academy of traditional Chinese medicine, chief researcher bao-yan liu and the Chinese academy of sciences gate hospital of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture zhi-shun liu, director of the led. Test for 3 years, west China hospital of sichuan university and other domestic 15 hospitals with 1075 samples of multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Team through the center of the hierarchical block randomized method, the patients were randomly divided into electric acupuncture group and false electric acupuncture group (control group), respectively for 8 weeks including acupuncture and days pivot, abdomen, including giant virtual and false shallow spines on bilateral day pivot, ventral side, on the giant virtual beside the point. Study found that, including 8 weeks treatment can be safely and effectively increase the patients with chronic severe constipation of completely independent stool frequency, curative effect sustainable 12 weeks after treatment. Zhi-shun liu is introduced, including acupuncture manipulation and acupoint selection all follow the traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture theory guidance.

According to statistics, nearly one hundred million people worldwide suffer from constipation, mainly to take oral laxative or promote power medicine, can get instant results, but long-term use are prone to drug dependence and colon melanosis side effects, laxatives, constipation, etc. After the system evaluation shows that acupuncture treatment may be effective, but the strength of evidence is not high.

Previous international authoritative medical journals published clinical research of acupuncture and moxibustion a total of four chapters, respectively, published in the lancet, the journal of the American medical association, and the journal annals of internal medicine. Published in 2006, the germans, the acupuncture treatment of knee osseous arthritis test, results of acupuncture group is better than that of control group, but these follow-up. Rest 3 piece of acupuncture clinical curative effect of uncertainty and negative results respectively. The research result is positive, and in the international field of internal medicine published \"the first issue of the annals of internal medicine, not only provides the curative effect of acupuncture treatment of chronic constipation with internationally recognised quality evidence, as well as acupuncture curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine scientific proof to explore laid a solid foundation, strong response to the western medicine of TCM clinical curative effect of acupuncture and moxibustion science assessment questions and acupuncture is the\" super placebo \".

Bao-yan liu thinks, strictly follow the international clinical research management standard is the key to the research results obtained, the statistical methods, thinking and language expression should be objective, avoid self-reported sexual language.\"

Through the study, the team has also established by international experts to give priority to data security supervisory committee, data verification and safety supervision; Formulated the industry organization's set of standard \"acupuncture clinical research and the management standard\"; Acupuncture clinical trial registration center is established, and the world health organization's international clinical trials registry platform project approved by the administration department. The future acupuncture clinical trials can be carried out in a special registration website.