Clinical Observation On Acupuncture Points Specific Therapeutic Treatment Of Functional Constipation

Constipation is a common clinical symptom. It is not a single disease, but a group of symptoms that can occur in many diseases, and the symptoms of constipation include reducing the number of bowel movements, bowel problems laborious, defecation, dried fecal matter, anal plug the flu. As modern life becomes more tension, the opportunity of having constipation are also increasing, seriously affecting the quality of our life. Now the treatment of functional constipation is still difficult, oral medication dependence and the damage to liver and kidney may occur, so acupuncture can be a more effective treatment. About constipation, there are many ancient medical books have been recorded, After summing up, the understanding of constipation has been formed, the paper is divided into four parts, including a literature review, clinical obs.ervations, results and discussion.Literature Review:Through the study of72ancient documents, select the influential writings, screening the records about constipation, summarize and generalize, elaborate the understanding of traditional Chinese medicine on the name of disease constipation, concepts, pathogenesis, classification dialectical treatment, modern literature journal articles about constipation screening induction. Through the study of229modern periodicals, elaborate the understanding of Western Medicine on constipation concept, mechanism, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, classification, treatment.Clinical observation:Objective:By analyzing changes in scores between before and after treatment, observe the treatment effect of needling specific acupuncture points.Methods:15patients with functional constipation diagnostic are needled specific acupuncture points, treatment for two weeks, three times a week, through dialectical type of patients with different syndromes of different distribution points to be observed each treatment improved symptoms evaluated. Main acupuncture points:Tianshu, Shangjuxu, Hegu, Taiyuan.Results:The results using SPSS V19.0statistical data analysis system, the scores of before and after treatment were compared by rank test score data, before and after treatment in patients with symptomatic parameters by paired t test.1. The scores of Cleveland constipation scoring system between before and after treatment were analyzed by rank test, the results show P<0.01, have statistically significance, prompt that the symptoms of patients were obviously improved.2. On the defecation interval time and defecation squat toilet time statistics alone, and were analyzed by the paired t test, the result show P<0.05, have statistically significance, prompt that the defecation interval time and defecation squat toilet time of patients were obviously improved.3. The scores of Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life Questionnaire between before and after treatment were analyzed by rank test, the results show P<0.01, have statistically significance, prompt that the quality of life was obviously improved.4. Use the data from the Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90), and were analyzed by the rank test, the result show P>0.05, have no statistically significant, suggesting that the psychology of patients has no significant improvement. According to the results of Cleveland constipation scoring system, the treatment is good for five of fifteen patients, and has obvious effect on ten of fifteen patients.Conclusion:This study described that the treatment has a significant effect to alleviate symptoms of functional constipation and improve the quality of life.