Clinical Observation Of Electric Plum Needle Treatment Of Dry Eyes

Objective: Through the electric plum needle therapy in the treatment of dry eyes, and in which only 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops are used to control, comparing the difference between the two methods of treatment curative effect, provide objective basis for clinical acupuncture treatment of dry eyes. Methods: 50 patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group every 25 cases, the treatment group used electric plum needle therapy, acupuncture points taken Sibai point(ST2), Jingming point(BL1), Cuanzhu point(BL2), Taiyang point(EX-HN5), Fengchi point(GB20), Baihui point(DU20) and Neiguan point(PC6), on both sides and knock on mild sting, the control group were only given 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops, the two groups of treatment 5 times a day, 150 times for a period of treatment, observed the treatment of clinical symptom scores before and after 1 course of observation, the change of tear secretion(SIT) and the breakup time of tear film(BUT). Results: Treatment group and control group before and after treatment clinical curative effect have significant difference(P<0.05), the total effective rate of the two groups were 88% and 60% respectively, comparing the two groups have significant difference(P<0.05), the clinical symptom scores, SIT and BUT of the two groups had significant difference(P<0.05), before and after the treatment; and after treatment, there was significant difference between the treatment group and the control group(P<0.05), treatment group curative effect was better than the control group. Conclusion: Electric plum needle therapy and 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops in the treatment of dry eyes are both clinical effective, but electricity plum needle therapy in the treatment of dry eyes clinical effect is more obvious.