Efficacy of Electroacupuncture Therapy and Medication Treatment on Lumbar Disc Herniation

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of electroacupuncture therapy and medication treatment for treating lumbar disc herniation. Methods: Sixty cases of lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into electroacupuncture combined with medication group( A group with 30 cases) and medication group( B group with30 cases). A group was treated with electroacupuncture at Jiaji,Ashi,Huantiao,Juegu,Weizhong and Zhibian etc. Treatment was given 30 min of each time,once daily,7 days as a course. And patients in A group also took the same oral drugs as patients in B group. B group was treated with oral administration of ibuprofen( 2times a day,20 mg each time) and vitamin B1( 3 times a day,one granule each time). The clinically therapeutic efficacy,VAS pain scores and locomotor activity scores were observed and evaluated before and after treatment. Results: The clinically therapeutic efficacy in groups A( 93. 33%) was significantly higher than those of group B( 43. 33%). The difference was statistically significant( P 0. 05). In groups A and B,the VAS pain scores before treatment were respectively lower than those after treatment. After treatment,the VAS pain scores in group A( 3. 04 ± 0. 53) was significantly lower than those of group B( 4. 82 ± 0. 62)( P 0. 05). The locomotor activity scores significantly decreased in the two groups after treatment compared with those before treatment( P 0. 05). After treatment,the locomotor activity scores in group A( 1. 25 ± 0. 24) were significantly lower than those of group B( 1. 85 ± 0. 27),and there was a significant difference( P 0. 05). Conclusion:For treating lumbar disc herniation,electroacupuncture combined with medication is better than simple medication treatment,and it is worth clinical application.