2012•Journal of Clinical Acupuncture and MoxibustionRequires access

Luxianning Combined with Catgut embedding in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Epilepsy

Weiping Cheng

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Objective:To observe the effect of Tegretol and Luxianning combined with acupoint catgut embedding therapy on posttraumatic epilepsy.Methods:40 patients were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group and control group,20 patients in each group.Control group was treated with Tegretol,and treatment group was treated with Tegretol and Luxianning combined with acupoint catgut embedding therapy.They were treated for eight weeks.Results:Compared with pretreatment,the total effective rate of treatment group was 90.00%,and the control group was 75.00%.This trial showed there was a statistically significant difference between them in the effect(P0.05).Conclusion:Combined treatment of TCM and Western medicine is superior to the treatment of Western medicine.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Western medicine, Acupuncture, Epilepsy, Significant difference, Treatment and control groups, Surgery, Internal medicine