Clinical observation on treating 150 cases of sciatica by traditional Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture

Objective To observe the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture in treatment of patients with sciatica.Methods 150 cases were randomly divided into 2 groups. Patients in study group were treated by traditional Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture,and patients in control group were treated by acupuncture,and all of them were treated for two therapeutic courses,then therapeutic effects were compared between these two groups. Results The cured and markedly effective rate was 30/74(40.54%)in the treatment group and 70/74(94.59%). The cured and markedly effective rate was 20/73(27.40%)and 54/73(73.98%) in the control group,and the differences were significant(P0.05). Conclusion The rate of effectiveness in patients with sciatica treated by traditional Chinese medicinecombined with acupuncture play an important role in identifying Jueyin disease,significantly improving the efficacy of treating frozen shoulder.