| ObjectiveThis study compared the acupuncture combined with TCM periodic therapy and conventional acupuncture therapy in treatment of Chong and Ren ataxia type of female acne, use the global acne grading system (GAGS) and self-made scale of accompanied symptom before and after menstruation as the evaluation index, comparative analysis of integration results, to explore a more efficient advantages of acupuncture to provide a scientific basis of acupuncture periodic therapy in treatment of Chong and Ren ataxia type of female acne disease clinical application.Methods65 cases were diagnosed as Chong and Ren ataxia type of female acne. They were randomly divided into acupuncture periodic therapy group (test group) and acupuncture group (control group), the test group had 32 cases, and the control group had 33 cases.Two groups of a total loss in 5 cases, including 2 cases of test group and3 cases of control group, the actual data of 60 cases were obtained, and the two groups were 30 cases. Two groups of patients with age, illness and disease, intervention time, etc. through statistical test showed no significant difference (P>0.05). Take the method of random and control experiment. The test group was given the treatment of acupuncture periodic therapy, in four different phases of the menstrual cycle were used four groups of different prescription of acupoints:after of menstrual period (5-12 days) by Guanyuan, Qihai, Sanyinjiao, Taixi, Shenshu acupoints, intermenstrual period (13~16 day) by Guan yuan, Sanyinjiao, Hegu, Xuehai, Geshu, taichong acupoints, premenstrual (from the seventeenth days to next menstruation) using Guanyuan, Sanyinjiao,Quchi, Neiting, Taichong, Ganshu acupoints, menstrual period (1~4days) by Guanyuan, Sanyinjiao, zhongji, Xuehai, Zhongji,Neiguan acupoints, control group with Hegu, Quchi, Neiting, Xuehai, Geshu, Sanyinjiao unified prescription of acupoints acupuncture, the foundation of two groups of prescription are added to the facial local acupoints, pustules and papules will use injection needle prick and squeeze pus and blood stasis. To treat a menstrual cycles for a course of treatment, and followed up for three months after curative effect evaluation.Results1. Two groups of patients with age, course of disease, the score of acne grade and integral of accompanied symptom before and after menstruation before treatment comparison, there was no statistical difference (P> 0.05). Two groups of clinical data is comparable.2. Two groups of patients with acne lesions was improved to some extent after treatment, there was statistical significance (P<0.05). The results showed that two kinds of acupuncture method can effectively improve the female acne lesions, and the text group is better than the control group.3. Change of menstrual related symptoms integral before and after treatment were compared between the two groups, the test group can significantly improve clinical menstrual related symptoms (P< 0.05), but the control group had no significantly improved (P> 0.05). It is shown that acupuncture periodic therapy in the improvement of menstrual related symptoms have obvious advantages.4. Comprehensive comparison of test group,5 cases were cured,17 cases were markedly effective, effective in 6 cases,3 cases were ineffective, the total efficiency of 90%, in the control group,20 cases were cured,12 cases were markedly effective, effective 13 cases, invalid 5 cases, the total efficiency was 83.33%, the statistical analysis, the difference between the two groups has statistical significance (P< 0.05). The results showed that the acupuncture periodic therapy was superior to the conventional acupuncture therapy.5. Comparison of 3 months after the end of treatment and after treatment, there was no significant difference in the acne lesion score and the symptom score of the test group (P>0.05), in the control group, the acne lesions change were statistically significance (P<0.05). The results showed that the long-term efficacy of the experimental group was better than that of the control group.ConclusionAcupuncture periodic therapy is effective and can significantly improve the accompanied symptoms before and after menstruation, the results show that the acupuncture periodic therapy is better than conventional acupuncture therapy in the treatment of Chong and Ren ataxia type of female acne. |