LIU Jia-ying, HAN Ying, ZHANG Ning, et al. Safety of Electro-acupuncture at Hegu(LI 4) plus Oxytocin for Uterine Contraction of Puerperae:A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2007, (10): 904-906.
LIU Jia-ying, HAN Ying, ZHANG Ning, et al. Safety of Electro-acupuncture at Hegu(LI 4) plus Oxytocin for Uterine Contraction of Puerperae:A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2007, (10): 904-906.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2007.10.052.
Objective To observe the safety of electro-acupuncture at Hegu(LI 4)plus oxytocin for promoting the uterine contraction of puerperae.Methods The 276 cases of dystocia were randomized into medicine group and acupuncture plus medicine group.The medicine group was treated by oxytocin and acupuncture plus medicine group by oxytocin and acupuncture at Hegu(LI 4)of both sides.The heart rate
respiration rate
blood pressure
fetal heart sound
and course of labour were observed.Results The heart rate
respiration rate
blood pressure
fetal heart sound
and course of labour of 276 puerperae during the labour were all within the normal range.To compare the therapeutic effect of two groups on the whole
the acupuncture plus medicine group was better than the medicine group.Conclusion Electro-acupuncture at Hegu(LI 4)plus oxytocin can strengthen uterine contraction and shorten the process of labour to avoid general failure due to physical exhaustion.There is no side effects for life indices of puerpera and fetus.