Clinical Observation on 60 Patients of Depression Complicated with Gastrointestinal Symptoms Treated with Needling Tender Points on Back Section of DU Meridian Combined with Western Medicine
LU Mengjiang, ZHANG Jianbin. Clinical Observation on 60 Patients of Depression Complicated with Gastrointestinal Symptoms Treated with Needling Tender Points on Back Section of DU Meridian Combined with Western Medicine[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(23): 2028-2031.
LU Mengjiang, ZHANG Jianbin. Clinical Observation on 60 Patients of Depression Complicated with Gastrointestinal Symptoms Treated with Needling Tender Points on Back Section of DU Meridian Combined with Western Medicine[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(23): 2028-2031.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.23.012.
Objective To examine the clinical effect of needling tender points on back section of DU meridian combined with western medicine in treating depression complicated with gastrointestinal symptoms. Methods Sixty depression patients with gastrointestinal symptoms were randomized into acupuncture & medicine group and medicine group
30 cases in each group. Patients in both groups were given citalopram 40 mg orally once every day. The acupuncture & medicine group was added needling tender points on back section of DU meridian
once every other day
3 times each week. Both groups were treated for 2 weeks. The score changes of Hamilton Depression Scale( HAMD)and Chinese medicine syndrome score of gastrointestinal diseases before and after treatment were examined. Results The scores of HAMD factors
total score and Chinese medicine syndrome score of gastrointestinal diseases at treating for 1 week and 2 weeks in both groups decreased( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01). The scores of HAMD factors
total score and Chinese medicine syndrome score of gastrointestinal diseases in both groups decreased( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01)aftre treatment for two weeks as compared with those after one-week treatment. Moreover
the scores of anxious/somatization
cognitive disorder
day-night change and sleep disorder and total score in the acupuncture & medicine group were lower than those in the medicine group after one week treatment. The scores of anxious/somatization and daynight change factors in the acupuncture & medicine group were lower than those in the medicine group after two weeks treatment. The scores of Chinese medicine syndrome score of gastrointestinal diseases in the acupuncture & medicine group were lower than those in the medicine group after treatment for 1 week and 2 weeks( P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01).Conclusion Needling tender points on back section of DU meridian combined with western medicine was effective in treating depression complicated with gastrointestinal symptoms. Moreover
the improvement of some symptoms of needling was superior to western medicine.