Application Value of Warm Acupuncture Combined with Ganjiang Lingzhu Decoction in Improving Lumbar Function in Patients with Cold-Damp Type Lumbar Disc Herniation
Objective To analyze the effects of warm acupuncture and moxibustion combined with Ganjiang Lingzhu decoction on cold-damp type lumbar disc herniation(LDH).Methods Two hundred patients with cold-damp type LDH treated in Shiqian County People's Hospital from January 2020 to January 2024 were selected as the research objects,and were divided into a control group and an observation group according to random number table method,with 100 cases in each group.The control group was treated with Ganjiang Lingzhu decoction,and the observation group was treated with warm acupuncture on the basis of the control group,both groups were treated for 4 weeks.The clinical efficacy,traditional Chinese medicine syndrome score,pain degree,lumbar motion and lumbar function were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 96.00%,which was higher than 85.00%of the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P﹤0.05).After treatment,all the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores,pain Visual Analogue Scores,and Oswestry Disability Index Scores were lower than those of the control group,all the lumbar motion degrees were higher than those of the control group,and Lnmbar Japanese Orthopaedic Association scores was higher than that in the control group,the differences between the groups were statistical significance(P﹤0.05).Conclusion Warm acupuncture and moxibustion combined with Ganjiang Lingzhu decoction can relieve pain,increase lumbar motion and improve lumbar function in the treatment of cold-damp LDH patients,which has certain application value and is worthy of clinical reference.
Lumbar disc herniationCold-Damp typeWarm acupunctureGanjiang Lingzhu decoctionLumbar function