Efficacy of Duhuo Jisheng Tang Combined with Warm Acupuncture in Treating Patients with Wind-cold Dampness-type Knee Osteoarthritis and Effect on Serum Pain Mediators, Inflammatory Mediators and Leukotrienes
ZHANG Qi-zhen, MIAO Yu, WANG Da-li, et al. Efficacy of Duhuo Jisheng Tang Combined with Warm Acupuncture in Treating Patients with Wind-cold Dampness-type Knee Osteoarthritis and Effect on Serum Pain Mediators, Inflammatory Mediators and Leukotrienes[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(18): 153-158.
ZHANG Qi-zhen, MIAO Yu, WANG Da-li, et al. Efficacy of Duhuo Jisheng Tang Combined with Warm Acupuncture in Treating Patients with Wind-cold Dampness-type Knee Osteoarthritis and Effect on Serum Pain Mediators, Inflammatory Mediators and Leukotrienes[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(18): 153-158. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20181321.
Objective: To observe the efficacy of Duhuo Jisheng Tang combined with warm acupuncture in treating patients with wind-cold dampness-type knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and explore its effect on serum pain mediators
inflammatory mediators and leukotrienes. Method: The 94 patients with wind-cold dampness-type KOA were randomly divided into control group (30 cases)
Duhuo Jisheng Tang group (34 cases)
and the combined group (30 cases). The control group was given with glucosamine sulfate capsules 0.5 g/time
tid by oral administration. The patients in Duhuo Jisheng Tang group received Duhuo Jisheng Tang 150 mL/times
bid by oral administration. And the combined group additionally received warm acupuncture on the basis of Duhuo Jisheng Tang. The course of treatment was 4 weeks in all groups. The knee joint visual analogue scale (VAS)
self-made knee joint swelling score and total effective rate were observed both before and after treatment; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the serum pain mediators[prostaglandin E2(PGE2)
knee swelling scores and the efficacy for pain in combined group were significantly higher than those in control group and Duhuo Jisheng Tang group (P<0.05). As compared with control group
the levels of serum PGE2
SP
DA
5-HT
TNF-α
IL-1β and allogeneic leukotrienes we lower in the Duhuo Jisheng Tang group and combined group (P<0.05). The decreases in levels of serum PGE2
SP
DA
5-HT
TNF-α
IL-1β
LTB4
LTC4 and LTD4 in combined group were more obvious than those in Duhuo Jisheng Tang group after treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion: Warm acupuncture combined with Duhuo Jisheng Tang could effectively treat the knee joint pain for wind-cold dampness-type KOA
and the mechanism may be related to the reduction of LTB4