Study on effects of different acupuncture therapies on serum Creactive protein level in patients with acute cerebral infarction

Object:To explore the effcets of the Xingnao Kaiqiao thera- py,scalp-acupuncture combined with body-acupuncture,scalp- acupuncture and body-acupuncture on the serum C-reactive protein level of patients with acute cerebral infarction in different periods.Methods:One hundred and twenty-six patients were randomly divided into 4 groups:the 1st group with Xingnao Kaiqiao therapy(n =32),the 2nd group with scalp-acupuncture combined with body- acupuncture(n=31),the 3rd group with scalp-acupuncture(n= 31)and the 4th group with body-acupuncture(n=32).The pa- tients in these 4 groups were given relevant methods on the basis of symptomatic treatment of western medicine.We observed the changes of serum C-reactive protein level at the 1st,3rd,7th and 15th day.Meanwhile,we evaluated the clinical effects of patients in each group.Results:The serum C-reactive protein levels in the 4 groups had no difference at the 1st day(P0.05).On the 3rd,7th and 15th day,the serum C-reactive protein levels in the 1st and 2nd group were obviously lower than in the 3rd and 4th day,with significant difference(P0.01),but there was no difference between the 1st and 2nd group(P0.05).At the 15th day,the clinical effective rate was 96.9% in the 1st group,with significant differences as the 1st group compared with other groups(P0.01).At the 30th day,the clinical effective rates were respectively 96.9%,93.5%,71.0% and 68.75%,with significant differences as the first group compared with the 3rd and 4th group.(chi~2=6.09,9.27,P0.05,P0.01)and as the 2nd group comapared with the 3rd and 4th group(chi~2 =5.42,6.28,P0.05),but there was no difference between the 1st and 2nd group(chi~2=0.00,P0.05).Conclusion:The Xing- nao Kaiqiao therapy and scalp-acupuncture combined with body- acupuncture are easier to obviously relieve the inflammatory response in the patients with acute cerebral infarction than only scalp-acupuncture or body-acupuncture.However,the Xingnao Kaiqiao therapy has ob- vious effects on the rehabilitation of the neurological functions in the early acute cerebral infarction.