Multiple verruca plantaris treated with modified fire-needle technique and herbal bathing-repairing therapy of TCM: a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ Vol. 44; no. 6; p. 643
• Main Authors: Xu, Wei, Wang, Song, Chen, Na, Ye, Wenxiong, Fang, Xiaojuan, Bian, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 12.06.2024
• Subjects: Acupuncture Therapy - instrumentation; Acupuncture Therapy - methods; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Combined Modality Therapy; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - administration & dosage; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Middle Aged; Treatment Outcome; Warts - drug therapy; Warts - therapy; Young Adult; multiple verruca plantaris; dermoscope; fire-needle; randomized controlled trial (RCT)
• ISSN: 0255-2930
• DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230705-k0007

To observe the clinical effect of modified fire-needle technique and herbal bathing-repairing therapy of TCM on multiple verruca plantaris. Seventy patients with multiple verruca plantaris were randomly divided into an observation group (35 cases, 1 case was eliminated) and a control group (35 cases, 2 cases dropped out). In the control group, the herbal bathing-repairing therapy of TCM was adopted. In the observation group, besides the treatment as the control group, fire needling and cauterization were delivered on the base of skin lesion or the sites with rich blood vessels under the dermoscope. The intervention was provided once a week, one course of treatment was composed of 3 weeks, and two courses were required in each group. The score of the self-designed symptom scale, the score of dermatology life quality index (DLQI) and the area of typical skin lesion were observed before and after treatment. The clinical effect was evaluated after treatment and the recurrence was assessed 2 months after treatment