Evaluating the efficacy and safety of acupuncture at
Zhongwan (CV12) Front-Mu Point of the Stomach for peptic ulcer, 266 cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a control group,138 cases in the acupuncture group were treated with deep needling at CV12, and 138 cases in the control group were treated with climetidine. The effects were evaluated by clinical symptoms and gastroscopy. They were investigated for 6 weeks.
Results: For rapid alleviation of stomachache and improving appetite, the acupuncture group is better than the control group. 90.6% total effective rate for acupuncture group and 88.4%for the control group with no significant difference (P>0.05). The symptoms improved significantly in both groups, but with no significant difference between the two groups. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the effect of gastroscopy.
Key Words: multicentral randomized controlled trial, CV12, peptic ulcer
Writer: Hongyue Niu, Ming Yang, Baoquan Qiang, Qingjie Guo, Zhaogang Yang, Department of Acupuncture, First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin TCM University, Tianjin 300193, ChinaSection of Acupuncture, Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Academy of TCMSection of Digestive System Diseases, Nankai Hospital of Tianjin
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