CHEN Shu Bee,WANG Shanze,WANG Guanqun,et al.Needling at Acupoints of Hand and Foot Yangming (阳明) Channel for 30 Cases of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(15):1550-1555.
CHEN Shu Bee,WANG Shanze,WANG Guanqun,et al.Needling at Acupoints of Hand and Foot Yangming (阳明) Channel for 30 Cases of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(15):1550-1555.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.15.008.
Needling at Acupoints of Hand and Foot Yangming (阳明) Channel for 30 Cases of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
To observe the clinical effect of needling at the acupoints of hand and foot
Yangming
(阳明) channels on Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT).
Methods
2
Thirty participants with HT were included. Principal acupoints selected were Hegu (LI4, bilateral), Quchi (LT11, bilateral), Binao (LT14, bilateral), Jianyu (LT15, bila-teral), Zhongwan (CV12), Zusanli (ST36, bilateral), Renying (ST9, bilateral) and Shuitu (ST10, bilateral). For
yin
deficiency resulting in vigorous fire syndrome, Shenmen (HT7, bilateral) and Zhaohai (KI6, bilateral) were added. In terms of liver constraint and spleen deficiency syndrome, it is suggested to add Taichong (LR3, bilateral) and Taibai (SP3, bilateral). Guanyuan (CV4) and Taixi (KI3, bilateral) are added for spleen-kidney
yang
deficiency syndrome. After
qi
arrival, even supplementation and drainage manipulation was performed for 30 s, retention for 30 min, three times of treatment per week for a total of 12 weeks. Patients with hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism could take levothyroxine sodium tablets (L-T4, Euthyroxine) orally to maintain normal serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) levels. The neck discomfort visua analog scale (VAS) score, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom score, thyroid function-related indicators including TSH, free triiodothyronine (FT3) and FT4, and levels of thyroid autoantibodies including thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) and thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) were measured before and after the treatment.
Results
2
The VAS score of neck discomfort decreased after 8 and 12 weeks of treatment (
P
<0.05). TCM symptom score decreased after 4, 8 and 12 weeks of treatment (
P
<0.05). The number of patients with normal TSH, FT3 and FT4 levels showed no significant diffe-rence before and after treatment of the 30 patients (
P
>0.05). Among the 15 patients who voluntarily tested antibodies, the TPOAb level decreased after treatment (
P
<0.05), while TgAb level showed no significant change (
P
>0.05). The TSH level of 15 patients with hypothyroidism or hypothyroidism decreased after treatment (
P
<0.05).
Conclusion
2
Needling at the acupoints of hand and foot
yangming
channel could significantly relieve neck pressure or pain, improve systematic symptoms, and reduce TPOAb level when treating HT, and for those with hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism, it could also reduce the TSH level of HT patients.
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