Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Supplemented by Fumigating and Washing for Postoperative Rehabilitation of Hand Injury

Objective:To explore the traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal fumigation and washing for postoperative rehabilitation of hand injury.Method: Eighty-four cases of hand trauma after the removal of the suture within 1 week were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group(n=42 each).Two groups were treated with routine rehabilitation training.Based on the routine treatment,decoction of activating blood circulation and dredging collaterals was given in the observation group daily supplemented by fumigation and washing of an external prescription.Two groups were treated for 8 weeks.Blood circulation,upper extremity function of(UEFI) and the remaining symptoms after 6 months were investigated.Result: After treatment,blood circulation status score in the observation group was higher than that of the control group(P0.01),blood circulation classification in the observation group better than that in control group(P0.05).In the observation group,TAM and UEFI were significantly better than those in the control group(P0.01).In the observation group,the excellent and good rate was 83.33%,higher than 52.38% of the controls(P0.01).After 6 months treatment,the legacy symptom score in two groups showed significant difference by rank sum test(P0.05).Conclusion: Traditional Chinese medicine with Chinese herbal fumigation and washing for postoperative rehabilitation of hand injury has significant clinical effect,worthy of further study.