The Observation Of Clinical Efficacy Of Tonifying Kidney And Benefiting Maltow By Acupoint Cagut—Embedding On Menopausal Panic Disorder

PurposeTo provide new clinical ideas for menopausal panic disorder by observing clinical efficacy of Tonifying Kidney and Benefiting Maltow by Acupoint Cagut—Embedding therapy and its superiority over the western medicine Alprazolam.MethodsSeventy cases that meet the diagnostic criteria were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group,35 cases in each. The observation group was treated with acupoint cagut—embedding at Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Guanyuan (CV 4), etc for every two weeks. The control group was treated with oral administration of Alprazolam with specification 0.4mg. The patients take 1 tablet per time and three times a day. The patients in both groups were treated for 12 weeks and followed up for another 4 weeks, and they were evaluated for observing its clinical efficacy by Anxiety scale (HAMA), Symptom self-assessment scale and Rating Scale (CRMS) every 4 weeks.Results66 of the 70 cases have completed the therapy, shedding four cases, including two cases in each group. The final number of patients that included in the statistical analysis was 66,3 respectively 33 cases in each group.1. Before treatment:The differences of age, duration and HAMA, SLC-90, CRMS, HAMD scale scores Menopause between the two groups showed no statistical significance (all P> 0.05). This shows that the baseline characteristics of the two groups were comparable2. The difference of the total number of panic attacks during the treatment and follow-up period between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). the total number of panic attacks of the observation group were lower than the control group.3. The difference of the total HAMA and Symptom self-assessment scale scores of 2,4 and 8 weeks treatments of the two groups shows statistical significance (all P<0.05). The total HAMA and Symptom self-assessment scale scores of the observation group were lower than the control group.4. The difference of the total CRMS scale scores of 12 weeks treatment of the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). The total CRMS scale scores of the observation group were lower than the control group.5. After treated for 12 weeks, for the observation group, there were 7 cases that cured,15 cases had markedly efficacy,7 cases had some efficacy,4 cases were invalid. The total effective rate was 87.88%;In the control group, there were 3 cases that cured,8 cases had markedly efficacy,13 cases had some efficacy,9 cases were invalid. The total effective rate was 72.73%.ConclusionThe results showed that the two different methods were both effective for menopause panic disorder. And the two treatments were both able to improve the patients’anxiety, tension, fear, insomnia cognitive impairment, etc. The clinical efficacy of Tonifying Kidney and Benefiting Maltow by Acupoint Cagut—Embedding therapy was superior over the western medicine Alprazolam. And it could ease the patients’symptoms and improve their life quality better than the western medicine did. This fully shows that the Tonifying Kidney and Benefiting Maltow by Acupoint Cagut—Embedding therapy is comparatively a more effective method for menopause panic disorder.It is worthy of popularization.