Clinical Observation of Moxibustion with Medicine and Thread on Postherpetic Neuralgia
Objective:To investigate the effect of medicinal thread moxibustion on postherpetic neuralgia(PHN).Method:78 PHN patients admitted to Bijie Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2021 to January 2023 were selected as the study objects and divided into control group and observation group according to random number table method,with 39 cases in each group.The control group was treated with conventional western medicine,and the observation group was treated with drug line moxibustion on the basis of the control group.Both group were treated for 4 weeks.The clinical efficacy,pain score,sleep quality,inflammation level,quality of life and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Result:After treatment,the total response rate of observation group was higher than that of the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).After,treatment VAS and PSQI of observation group were lower than those of the observation group(P<0.05).After,treatment the level of inflammation of observation group were lower than those of control group(P<0.05).The physiological,psychological,social and environmental scores of observation group were higher than those of observation group(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in adverse reactions between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion:Medicated moxibustion can improve the curative effect of PHN patients,accelerate pain fading,reduce inflammation level,reduce the impact of disease on patients'life and sleep,and is safe and reliable.