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Therapeutic Observation on the Treatment of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation by Electroacupuncture Combined with Chinese Herbal Ion-introduction

Huang Cheng-fe

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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal ion-introduction in treating lumbar intervertebral disc herniation(LIDH).Method A hundred and twenty patients were randomized into a treatment group and a control group,60 in each group.The treatment group received electroacupuncture plus Chinese herbal ion-introduction,and the control only received electroacupuncture for treatment.The clinical effects of the two groups were then compared.Result The recovery rate and total effective rate were respectively 75.0% and 96.7% in the treatment group,versus 53.3% and 85.0% in the control group,and the differences between the two groups were statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion The combination of electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal ion-introduction is significantly effective in treating LIDH.

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Key concepts: Electroacupuncture, Medicine, Acupuncture, Intervertebral Disc Displacement, Clinical efficacy, Therapeutic effect, Acupuncture therapy, Anesthesia