title: Clinical study on the wrist-ankle acupuncture treatment for 30 cases of diabetic peripheral neuritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the mechanisms of wrist-ankle acupuncture for prevention and treatment of diabetic peripheral neuritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety cases of diabetic peripheral neuritis were randomly divided into 3 groups, and treated respectively with wrist-ankle acupuncture, body-acupuncture, and the western routine medical treatment, with 30 cases in each of the groups; and therapeutic effects and laboratory results compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It is proved that the therapeutic effects of the wrist-ankle acupuncture group and body acupuncture group were significantly superior to those of the control group, with no significant differences between the former two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Wrist-ankle acupuncture has the actions of improving the metabolisms of blood sugar and blood-lipid, lowering down blood viscosity, and restoring the functions of peripheral nerve cells, thus giving definite therapeutic effects for diabetic peripheral neuritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 47th Hospital of Chengdu Military Medical College of the Third Military Medical University, Chengdu 610500, China.
authors.forename: Hequn
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Kuande
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenxue
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yongfen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009443:Neuritis / Q000628:therapy*; D014953:Wrist