Method of applying auricular point plasters to research of uremic pruritus

• Main Authors: WANG YUNMAN, ZHANG MINGXIN, YIN PEIHAO, YAO WEIGUO, PENG WEN, LIU GUIZHEN, WANG HAO, YAO XINGMEI, YAN CUINA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.11.2015
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; RADIATION THERAPY; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

The invention discloses a method of applying auricular point plasters to research of uremic pruritus, wherein the method comprises the following steps: 1. randomly selecting two groups of patients of itchy skin in uremia, and respectively applying auricular point plasters, wherein one group of the auricular point plasters contains pellets while the other group of the auricular point plasters does not contain the pellets; 2. respectively recording general characteristics, subjective indexes and objective indexes of each patient in the two groups before the auricular point plasters are applied; and 3. after the auricular point plasters are applied, recording corresponding subjective indexes and objective indexes of each patient in the two groups once again, and comparing and analyzing with data obtained before applying the auricular point plasters. The method of applying the auricular point plasters to the research of uremic pruritus provided by the invention is beneficial for widening the application scope of auricular point application which is a way with traditional Chinese medicine characteristics, capable of promoting the development of special advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and is conducive to the prolonging of survival time of patients of end-stage renal disease maintenance hemodialysis as well as to the enhancement of life qualities of the patients.