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| Clinical observation on effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture in treating depression |
| Hits 1829 Download times 1745 Received:February 14, 2013 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2013.08.09 |
| Key Words
depression;Xingnao Kaiqiao;acupuncture therapy |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | GU Shu-ying | Tianjin Hedong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300160, China | | | TIAN Qi | The Second A ffiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300150, China | qitiancn@yahoo.com.cn | | QIAN Na | Tianjin Hedong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300160, China | |
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| Abstract
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| [Objective] To observe the effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture for treatment of depression.[Methods] Eighty patients with depression were randomly divided into acupuncture group of 50 cases and drug group 30 cases.Acupuncture group was treated by Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture and drug group with Deanxit for 2 months.[Results] After treatment the total effective rate of acupuncture and drug group was 80.00% and 76.67% respectively without significant difference between them,but 2 months after treatment the relapse rate of two groups were 22.5% (acupuncture group)and 39.1% (drug group)respectively with a significant difference between them.[Conclusion] It has proved that the long-time effect of acupuncture(Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture therapy)in treating depression is obviously better than that of drug(Deanxit). |
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