Clinical Study on Acupuncture plus Medication for Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Due to Spleen-stomach Deficiency

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 211 - 215
• Main Authors: Zhang, Rong, Wu, Yao-chi, Sun, Yi-jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian 01.07.2014; Springer Nature B.V; Jinyang Community Health Service Center of Pudong New District, Shanghai 200136, China%Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Special Topic Study; Spleen; Acupuncture Medication Combined; Spleen-stomach Weakness; R246.1; Gastritis, Atrophic; Epigastric Pain; Acupuncture Therapy; Gastritis,Atrophic
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/s11726-014-0775-9

Objective： To observe the clinical efficacy of combining acupuncture and medication in treating chronic atrophic gastritis （CAG） due to spleen-stomach deficiency. Methods： Totally 176 patients with CAG were randomized into two groups by the random number table. The 91 subjects in the treatment group were intervened by acupuncture and oral Chinese patent medication; the other 85 subjects were by oral Chinese patent medication alone. The clinical efficacies were compared at the end of intervention. Results： After a treatment course, the total effective rate was 87.9% in the treatment group versus 75.3% in the control group; according to the gastroscopy and pathological biopsy examinations, the total effective rate was 85.7% in the treatment group versus 74.1% in the control group. There were significant differences in comparing the clinical efficacy, gastroscopy and pathological examinations between the two groups （P〈0.05）. Conclusion： Combining acupuncture and medication can produce a better therapeutic efficacy than medication alone in treating CAG due to spleen-stomach deficiency.