Non-Invasive Treatment to Grade 1 Essential Hypertension by Percutaneous Laser and Electric Pulse to Acupoint with Music:A Randomized Controlled Trial

Objective： To study a non-drug therapy for hypertension disease by combining percutaneous laser and electric pulse stimulation to acupoint with music, and to test the efficiency of the combining treatment to grade 1 essential hypertension. Methods： A total of 174 patients with grade 1 essential hypertension were randomly assigned to 3 groups with a random number table after Chinese medicine（CM） syndrome differentiation： the photoelectric and musical treatment group（Group 1, with a self-developed multi-mode audio frequency pulse photoelectric therapeutic apparatus）, acupuncture group（Group 2）, and oral placebo group（Group 3）, 58 cases per group. The curative effect of each group was evaluated by the changes of blood pressure and CM syndrome integral before and after treatment. Results： Compared with Group 3, there were significant decrease of blood pressure and CM syndrome integral in Group 1 and Group 2（P〈0.01）. Compared with Group 2, Group 1 showed the highest decrease in systolic pressure（P〈0.017）. The total effective rate of anti-hypertension in Group 1（91.38%, 53/58） was significantly higher than that in Group 2（74.13%, 43/58） and Group 3（18.97%, 11/58, P〈0.05 or P〈0.01）; and that in Group 2 was also significantly higher than that in Group 3（P〈0.01）. There were significant difference in the total effective rate of CM syndrome integral in both Group 1（93.10%, 54/58） and Group 2（84.48%, 49/58） as compared with Group 3（17.24%, 10/58, P〈0.01）, while there was no significant difference between Group 1 and Group 2（P〉0.05）. Conclusions： The multi-mode audio frequency pulse photoelectric therapeutic apparatus, combining music, laser and electric pulse stimulation, is clinically useful for grade 1 essential hypertension. This ＂three in one＂ therapy method is non-invasive, easy and simple to handle. It is expected to be popularized as a new alternative treatment.

Observation of therapuetic effect on cervical spondylosis treated mainly with electroacupuncture

Objective To observe the clinical effects of cervical spondylosis treated with electroacupuncture （EA）, cupping and TDP irradiation. Methods Ninety cases of mixed cervical spondylosis were randomized into 3 groups. Of which, in the treatment of observation group （30 cases）, the acupoints included Fengchi （风池 GB 20）, Jianjing （肩井GB 21）, Tianzong （天宗SI 11）, etc. EA, cupping and TDP irradiation were provided in combination. Two control groups were divided. In control group 1 （30 cases）, cervical traction was adopted in treatment. In control group 2 （30 cases）, stimulation with medium frequency was provided. In all of 3 groups, 5 treatments were given each week. 10 treatments made one course. The therapeutic effects of 3 groups were compared one course of treatment later. Resuits The total effective rate was 93.3% in observation group, 70.0% in control group 1 and 66.7% in control group 2. Significant differences were presented statistically in comparison between observation group and 2 control groups （both P〈0.05）. Conclusion The treatment with EA, cupping and TDP irradiation achieves quite satisfactory therapeutic effect on cervical spondylosis in clinical application.