Kangdu Xiaotong Decoction Cooperate Clove Ointment With the Effect of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Acute Herpes Zoster and Influence on Herpetic Neuralgia
HEI Chun-chao, HUAI Ding-hua, DU Zhi-chao. Kangdu Xiaotong Decoction Cooperate Clove Ointment With the Effect of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Acute Herpes Zoster and Influence on Herpetic Neuralgia[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2013, 19(23): 286-290.
HEI Chun-chao, HUAI Ding-hua, DU Zhi-chao. Kangdu Xiaotong Decoction Cooperate Clove Ointment With the Effect of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Acute Herpes Zoster and Influence on Herpetic Neuralgia[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2013, 19(23): 286-290. DOI: 10.11653/syfj2013230286.
Objective: To observe the therapeutic effects of comprehensive treatment of TCM on herpes zoster (HZ)in acute stage and the influence on postherpetic neuralgia. Method: One hundred and twenty patients were randomly divided into observation group (n=60) and control group (n=60). Patients in the two groups were both treated with conventional Western therapy:Famciclovir tablets
0.25 g/time
3times/d
orally;vitamin B1 tablets
10 mg/time
3 times/d
orally;Mecobalamine tablets
0.5 mg/time
3 times/d
orally
Aciclovir ointment Lowe ointment
coated
2 to 3 times/d. Patients in observation group were treated with Chinese medicine therapy:Kangdu Xiaotong Decoction
one dose/d
Cloves Cream
2 to 3 times/d
acupuncture around method
1 times/d
14 days as one cycle. Record herpes blisters stop time
crusting and scab off time;evaluate pain in patients using the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) method
recording the levels of T cell subsets and serum tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)
interleukin-6 (IL-6)
interleukin-10 (IL-10) before and after treatment
recording the cases of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in the followed three months. Result: The total efficacy of the observation group (95.0% ) was significantly better than the control group (83.3% )(P<0.05). crusting and scab off time of the observation group were lower than the control group(P<0.01). VAS scores and lesions of the observed group scores were lower than the control group in 7 and 14 day (P<0.01). Levels of CD3
CD4 and CD4/CD8 were higher than the control group
level of CD8 was lower than the control group(P<0.05 or P<0.01.After treatment
blood TNF-α
IL-6
IL-10 levels of the observed group were significantly lower than the control group than the control group (P<0.01);In the following three months
37 cases occurred PHN in the control group (61.7% )
the observation group was 23 cases (38.3% )
the incidence of PHN of observation group was lower than the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy can relieve pain in patients with HZ
quickly alleviate skin lesions
herpes promote healing and reduce the incidence of PHN
improve clinical effect;Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy can regulate T cell subsets function