Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with vesiculating cupping in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis（RA）. Methods A total of 110 patients with RA were randomly divided into an acupunctur...Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with vesiculating cupping in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis（RA）. Methods A total of 110 patients with RA were randomly divided into an acupuncture combined with vesiculating cupping group（group A） and an acupuncture combined with non-vesiculating cupping group（group B）. Treatment was conducted once a day in two groups, and ten days were considered as one course of treatment. The total effective rate was observed after treatment for three courses. Results The difference in cured and markable effective rate of group A and group B was obviously significant [81.82%（45/55） vs 18.18%（10/55）, P〈0.01], the difference in total effective rate of group A and group B was significant [96.36%（53/55） vs 69.09%（38/55）, P〈0.05], indicating that the efficacy in group A was significantly superior to that of group B. Conclusion Acupurcture combined with vesiculating cupping therapy achieves more satisfactory efficacy on RA compared with acupuncture combined with nonvesiculating cupping therapy.展开更多
文摘Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with vesiculating cupping in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis（RA）. Methods A total of 110 patients with RA were randomly divided into an acupuncture combined with vesiculating cupping group（group A） and an acupuncture combined with non-vesiculating cupping group（group B）. Treatment was conducted once a day in two groups, and ten days were considered as one course of treatment. The total effective rate was observed after treatment for three courses. Results The difference in cured and markable effective rate of group A and group B was obviously significant [81.82%（45/55） vs 18.18%（10/55）, P〈0.01], the difference in total effective rate of group A and group B was significant [96.36%（53/55） vs 69.09%（38/55）, P〈0.05], indicating that the efficacy in group A was significantly superior to that of group B. Conclusion Acupurcture combined with vesiculating cupping therapy achieves more satisfactory efficacy on RA compared with acupuncture combined with nonvesiculating cupping therapy.
