[Protective actions of acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy on hepatic function in the patient of cirrhosis after hepatitis].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy on cirrhosis after hepatitis.


METHODS
One hundred and twenty patients with cirrhosis after hepatitis were randomly divided into 2 groups. The control group (n=60) were treated by the hepatic protective therapy (diammonium glyeyrrhiznate, Silymarin, compound Tanshin, vitamin E), and the treatment group were treated by the liver-protective therapy and acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy, for 2-6 therapeutic courses. Clinical symptoms, hepatic function, serum markers of hepatitis B virus and indexes of hepatic fibrosis were investigated.


RESULTS
The markedly effective rate and the total effective rate were 65.0% and 95.0% in the treatment group, and 43.3% and 91.7% in the control group, and the serum indexes of hepatic fibrosis decreased signficantly, with significantly diferences (all P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy can improve clinical symptoms, rapidly restore hepatic function, decrease serum indexes of hepatic fibrosis in the patient of cirrhosis after hepatitis.
Huang
Jia-quan
JQ
Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. huangjiaquan@yahoo.com.cn
Deng
Ju-hong
JH
Zheng
Zhi-xiang
ZX
Xiao
Fei
F
Zhang
Jian-jun
JJ
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015415:Biomarkers; D004063:Digestion; D006505:Hepatitis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D015415:Biomarkers