Effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on blood lipid level in apoplectic hemiplegia patient with omalgia (abstract)

Abstract

Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture an d moxibustion on blood lipid l evel in apoplectic hemiplegia patients with omalgia. Methods:9 0 cases of apople ctic hemiplegia patients with omalgia were randomly divided into simple acupunct ure (n=30), acupuncture+medication (n=30) and simple medication (n=30) groups. M ain acupoints used were Shuigou(GV 26), Neiguan (PC 6), Tongli (HT 5), Jiquan (HT 1), Zusanli (ST 36), Juegu (GB 39), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Yongquan (KI 1) c o mbined with other acupoints.These acupoints were punctured once daily, wit h 5 days being a therapeutic course, 4 courses altogether. Warm moxibustion was also applied to Zusanli (ST 36) and Guanyuan (CV 4) for deficiency-cold syndrome stroke patie nt s.Hua Tan Tong Luo Tang”(Decoction for Resolving Phlegm and Dredging Meridi an-c ollaterals) composed of Fuling (Poria 茯苓), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae 半夏), etc. and Western medicines for pain-relief, lowering blood-lipid, etc. were used in medication and medication+acupuncture groups. Results: After t reatment, self-comp arison between pre- and post-treatment of each group showed that both plasma tot al cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) levels declined significantly (P0.01) , but no significant differences among the 3 groups in TC and TG contents (P0.0 5). The total effective rates for lowering blood lipid and improving clinical sy mptoms (including omalgia, etc) in acupuncture group, acupuncture+medication gr o up and medication group were 81.8%, 78.3% and 81.8% respectively. Concl usion: Ac u-moxibustion and medication have a good therapeutic effect in relieving shoul der pain and lowering blood lipid in apoplectic hemiplegia patients.