title: [Clinical observation on acupoint-injection of Chinese drugs for treatment of hypertensive renal lesion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare therapeutic effects of acupoint-injection of Chinese drug and oral administration of Western medicine on hypertensive renal lesion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-seven cases were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group of 30 cases were treated by injection of Yuxingcao injectio and Danshen injectio into Shenshu (BL 23) and Zusanli (ST 36), and the control group of 27 cases by nifepine. Their therapeutic effects were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The markedly effective rate of 46.7% and the total effective rate of 86.7% in the treatment group were significantly higher than 22.2% and 51.8% in the control group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). There were significant differences in 24h-urinary protein, urinary beta2-microglobulin (beta2-MG) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) after treatment between the two groups (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic effect of acupoint-injection of Chinese drugs is better than that of nifepine and it has protective action on renal function.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Municipal Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Hubei 430022, China. caoliming363@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D007668:Kidney; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional