title: [Comparison and analysis on therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus massage therapy and drug on infantile diarrhea].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus massage therapy and western medicine on infantile diarrhea.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 120 cases of infantile diarrhea were randomly divided into a treatment group of 80 cases and a control group of 40 cases. The treatment group were treated by acupuncture and massage therapy, and the control group by smecta.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured rate of 55.0% in the treatment group was better than 35.0% in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture plus massage therapy has obvious therapeutic effect on infantile diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning College of TCM, Shenyang 110032, China. Inzywxf@tom.com
authors.forename: Xue-feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008405:Massage