LIU Hui, LIU Mei-xiang, GENG Hai-wei, et al. Effect of Modified Da Dingfengzhu Therapy Combined with Western Medicine and Its Mechanism in Patients with Parkinson's Disease with Pain[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(13): 183-189.
DOI:
LIU Hui, LIU Mei-xiang, GENG Hai-wei, et al. Effect of Modified Da Dingfengzhu Therapy Combined with Western Medicine and Its Mechanism in Patients with Parkinson's Disease with Pain[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(13): 183-189. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20181125.
Effect of Modified Da Dingfengzhu Therapy Combined with Western Medicine and Its Mechanism in Patients with Parkinson's Disease with Pain
Objective: To investigate the efficacy and mechanism of modified Da Dingfengzhu therapy combined with western medicine in the treatment of patients with Yin deficiency in liver and kidney type Parkinson's disease (PD) with pain. Method: The 96 patients with Yin deficiency in liver and kidney type PD with pain were randomly divided into control group and experimental group
48 cases in each group. All patients were given with dopasil hydrazine tablets treatment. On the basis of the treatment
the control group also received compound sea cucumber capsule
while the experimental group received modified Da Dingfengzhu therapy for 4 weeks. The clinical efficacy
motor symptoms
quality of life
emotional status
mental status and cognitive status
the plasma homocysteine (Hcy) and oxidative stress related indicators
motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV)
latency (LP) and amplitude (Amp) of the common peroneal nerve
the levels of recombinant human Parkinson's disease protein 7 (PARK7) and neurotrophic factor-3 (NT-3) before and after treatment were compared between two groups. Result: The total effective rate of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of control group (P<0.05). After treatment
the motor symptoms in experimental group were significantly better than those before treatment and control group (P<0.05). The visual analogue scale (VAS) score
39-item PD Questionnaire (PDQ-39) and unified PD rating scale (UPDRS) scores in the experimental group were significantly lower than those before treatment and control group (P<0.05). The levels of Hcy and oxidative stress in experimental group were significantly lower than those before treatment and those in control group (P<0.05). The levels of antioxidant
Amp and MCV in the experimental group were significantly higher while the LP level was significantly lower than those in control group and those before treatment (P<0.05). After treatment
the level of serum PARK7 in the experimental group was significantly lower and the level of NT-3 was significantly higher than that before treatment and that in control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Modified Da Dingfengzhu therapy combined with western medicine can significantly improve the pain
repair nerve function
and improve the quality of life for patients in the treatment of PD with pain
and its mechanism may be related with the inhibition of excessive oxidative stress in patients.