Licinical Observation Of The Transent Analgesic Effect With Bloodletting Therapy On The Treatment Of Knee Osteoarthritis

Objective: With the purpose of providing a simple,effective and inexpensive methodfor treating Knee Osteoarthritis,this study is to compare bloodletting therapy with routineacupuncture and find which is more superior in relieving pain in a short time.Methods:60cases observed were randomly divided into two groups: the treatmentgroup and the control group;both of them had30cases. The treatment group tookbloodletting therapy on abnormal superficial venules or Weizhong(BL40) of the affectedside if there wasn’t any abnormal superficial venules. While the control group took routineacupuncture by needling the points of affected side:Ashi,Dubi(ST35),Neixiyan(LE4),Xuehai(SP10),Liangqiu(ST34),Yanglingquan(GB34),Yinlingquan(SP9),Zusanli(ST36),Sanyinjiao(SP6). The short form of McGill pain question(SF-MPQ) was used to display thechanges of the scores of patients before and after the treatment.Results: By comparing the indicators of SF-MPQ before and after the treatment of thetwo groups,there was significant difference(P＜0.05) among the indicators of PRI,VAS,PPIand T. By comparing the indicators of SF-MPQ after the treatment of the two groups,therewas significant difference(P＜0.05) among the indicators of PRI,VAS,PPI,T and T.Conclusion: Both groups can relieve pain significantly,but the transient analgesiceffect of the treatment group is obviously superior to that of the control group.