Effect of warm needling plus oral medication on blood lipids in cerebral infarction patients

Objective：To observe the effect of warm needling plus oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets on blood lipids in cerebral infarction patients. Methods：A total of 125 eligible cases were randomly allocated into group A （n=42）, group B （n=40） and group C （n=43）. Cases in group A received warm needling plus oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets, cases in group B received warm needling, whereas cases in group C received oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets. Results：After treatment, the total cholesterol （TC）, triglyceride （TG）, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol （LDL-C） all dropped obviously in the three groups, with significant differences （allP〈0.05）, modified Barthel index （BI） scores all significantly rise （allP〈0.05）, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol （HDL-C） remained unchanged （allP〉0.05）. After treatment, the changes of TC, TG and LDL-C in group A were significantly different from those in group B and group C （allP〈0.05）, while the changes showed no statistical significance between group B and group C （P〉0.05）. There were no between-group differences in HDL-C among the three groups （allP〉0.05）; the modified BI scores in groupA and groupB were significantly higher than that in group C （bothP〈0.05）, while there was no significant difference between group A and group B （P〉0.05）.After treatment, the total effective rate was significantly higher in group A than that in group B and group C （bothP〈0.05）, there was no significant difference between group B and group C （P〉0.05）. Conclusion：Warm needling and oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets both can adjust blood lipids effectively in cerebral infarction patients with a similar therapeutic efficacy, while the effect gets better based upon combining both methods; acupuncture-moxibustion plays an important role in the recovery of nerve functions in cerebral infarction patients.