Traditional Chinese herbal medicine ultrasonic atomization combined with bloodletting at Ěrjiān (▪ EX-HN 6) for acute catarrhal conjunctivitis: a randomized controlled trial

To observe the clinical efficacy of bloodletting at Ěrjiān (▪ EX-HN 6) combined with traditional Chinese herbal medication (heat-clearing I recipe) ultrasonic atomization in treatment of acute catarrhal conjunctivitis (fulminant wind and invading fever). One hundred and twenty-two patients (244 eyes...

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Published in:World journal of acupuncture-moxibustion 2016-06, Vol.26 (2), p.43-47
Main Authors: LIU, Xiao-xi, LI, Hui-li, HAN, Zhi-hong
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Language:English
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acute catarrhal conjunctivitis
bloodletting at Ěrjiān ( EX-HN 6)
traditional Chinese medicine
ultrasonic atomization
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Summary:To observe the clinical efficacy of bloodletting at Ěrjiān (▪ EX-HN 6) combined with traditional Chinese herbal medication (heat-clearing I recipe) ultrasonic atomization in treatment of acute catarrhal conjunctivitis (fulminant wind and invading fever). One hundred and twenty-two patients (244 eyes) were randomly divided into 3 groups. In group A (40 cases, 80 eyes), levofloxacin hydrochloride eye drops were administrated for four times per day; in group B (42 cases, 84 eyes), “heat-clearing I recipe” ultrasonic atomization was applied for twice per day with 20 min for each time; and in group C (40 cases, 80 eyes), bloodletting at EX-HN 6 was applied before ultrasonic atomization on the first 3 days of treatment, with once per day. (1) The total effective rate of group C was 100.00% which was significantly superior to 88.75% in group A (P
ISSN:1003-5257
DOI:10.1016/S1003-5257(17)30009-0