Observations on the therapeutic effect of acupressure on spleen and stomach qi deficiency type functional dyspepsia
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Observations on the therapeutic effect of acupressure on spleen and stomach qi deficiency type functional dyspepsia
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Int J of Clin Acupunct (2015), Li, Zhenpian
Abstract
Objective: to investigate the effect of finger acupuncture on gastric motility in functional dyspepsia (FD). Method: one hundred and twenty patients with FD were randomly allocated to a treatment group, a control group 1, and a control group 2, with 40 cases in each group. The treatment group received finger acupuncture, control group 1 received acupuncture and control group 2 took omeprazole orally. Symptom scores were observed, along with examination via electrogastrography, gastric emptying with B-ultrasound and plasma motili n in each of the three groups before and after treatment. Results: the symptoms improved significantly in the treatment group after treatment compared with the control 1 and control group 2 (P<0.01). Electrogastrophic frequencies improved significantly in the treatment group 1 compared with those of before treatment (P<0.05). Plasma motilin and B-ultrasound gastric emptying improved significantly in the treatment group and control group 1 after treatment compared with before treatment (P<0.05). Conclusions: both finger acupuncture and acupuncture can significantly improve gastric motility in FD patients. There is no difference between either method. Finger acupuncture can replace acupuncture for treatment.
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Intl J of Clin Acupunct
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English
doi
10.3103/S104719791503014X
issn
1047-1979
issue
3
page end
160
page start
156
volume
24