Observations on the Efficacy of Acupuncture plus Chinese Herbal Medicine Atomization in Treating Dry Eye

Objective To assess the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus Chinese herbal medicine atomization in treating dry eye.Methods Ninety patients(180 eyes) with dry eye were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 44 cases and a control group of 46 cases.The treatment group received acupuncture plus Chinese herbal medicine atomization and the control group,treatment with eyedrops of sodium hyaluronate.The subjective symptoms,SIT values and BUT values were compared between the two groups of patients after three months of treatment.Results The total efficacy rate was 78.4% in the treatment group and 12.0% in the control group;there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups(P0.05).There were statistically significant post-treatment differences in SIT grades and dry eye symptom grades between the treatment and control groups(P0.05,P0.01).Conclusion Acupuncture plus Chinese herbal medicine atomization is an effective way to treat dry eye.