| OBJECTIVE:A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of the treatment group of the eight acupuncture points for shoulder paralysis with that of the eight acupuncture points for shoulder paralysis,which will provide an effective treatment method for the prevention and treatment of acute cold-damp shoulder coagulation,and provide clinical ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of acute cold-damp shoulder coagulation,and prove the clinical effectiveness,safety,and scientific validity of the eight acupuncture points for shoulder paralysis combined with acupuncture for shoulder paralysis.The clinical effectiveness,safety,and scientific validity of the treatment of acute cold-damp shoulder coagulation with electroacupuncture at the eight acupuncture points.METHODS: By collecting 64 patients with cold-damp shoulder coagulation from February-September 2021 at the Second Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,Yueyang City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,they were randomly divided into two groups,and both were treated for 20 days.The overall efficacy was evaluated by comparing the VAS,CMS scores,and TCM evidence points of the two groups.RESULTS: 1 Sixty-four patients were randomly divided into the treatment group of spaced ginger moxibustion combined with electroacupuncture strips combined with conventional acupuncture points and the treatment group of conventional acupuncture points with electroacupuncture alone,and there were no significant differences in gender,age,disease duration,VAS scores,and CMS scores between all patients in the treatment group and the control group(P > 0.05).2 The VAS scores of patients in both groups decreased after treatment compared with those before treatment,and both treatments could improve the patients’ shoulder pain,with statistical differences(P < 0.001),and the difference in scores before and after treatment was higher in the treatment group than in the control group,with statistical differences(P < 0.001).3 The CMS scores of patients in both groups were higher after treatment than before treatment,with statistical differences(P < 0.001),and the difference in scores before and after treatment was higher in the treatment group than in the control group,with statistical differences(P < 0.001).4 Patients in both groups showed a reduction in TCM evidence points after treatment,and the comparison of points between the two groups was statistically significant(P <0.05).5 In the clinical efficacy of the two groups,the total effective rate of the treatment group was 93.75%,and the total effective rate of the control group was 84.38%,and the efficacy of the two groups after treatment was compared,P=0.047<0.05,and the difference between the data of the two groups was statistically significant. |