Clinical study on the wrist-ankle acupuncture treatment for 30 cases of diabetic peripheral neuritis.
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.
Jiang
Hequn
H
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 47th Hospital of Chengdu Military Medical College of the Third Military Medical University, Chengdu 610500, China.
Shi
Kuande
K
Li
Xuemei
X
Zhou
Wenxue
W
Cao
Yongfen
Y
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