Clinical Study on Pulse-Taking Acupuncture and Moxibustion Combined with Fire Dragon Cupping Moxibustion for Postpartum Low Back Pain
Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of pulse-taking acupuncture and moxibustion combined with fire dragon cupping moxibustion on postpartum low back pain.Methods:A total of 70 patients with postpartum low back pain who were treated in the outpa-tient department of Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital from April 2021 to October 2022 were selected and divid-ed into the treatment group and the control group according to the random number table method,with 35 cases in each group.The treat-ment group was given pulse-taking acupuncture and moxibustion combined with fire dragon cupping moxibustion,while the control group was given conventional acupuncture combined with TDP.The changes in Oswestry disability index(ODI)score,visual analogue score(VAS),Japanese orthopaedic association scores(JOA)and serum lactate dehydrogenase(LDH),creatine phosphokinase(CK),crea-tine kinase isoenzymes(CK-MM)content in the two groups before and after treatment were observed.Results:After treatment,the VAS score and ODI score of the treatment group were lower than those of the control group,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05);the JOA score of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group,with statistically significant difference(P<0.05);the levels of LDH and CK in the treatment group were lower than those of the control group,while the level of CK-MM was high-er than that of the control group,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05);the effective rate of the treatment group was 94.29%,which was higher than that of the control group(71.43%),with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).Conclusion:Pulse-taking acupuncture and moxibustion combined with fire dragon cupping moxibustion in the treatment of postpartum low back pain can relieve pain,reduce LDH and CK levels in serum,and increase CK-MM level.
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