[Observation on improving action of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine on visual function of optic atrophy].
OBJECTIVE
To observe effect of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine for improving vision on visual function of optic atrophy.


METHODS
Fifty-eight cases were randomly divided into an observation group of 30 cases and a control group of 28 cases. The observation group were treated with acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine, and the control group with Chinese medicine. Their visual function improvement and therapeutic effects were compared.


RESULTS
The vision increasing rate was 75.76% in the observation group and 56.67% in the control group, with a significant difference before and after treatment in the observation group (P < 0.05) and no significant difference in the control group (P > 0.05), and with significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.001). After treatment, no significant improvement was found in visual field and color sense in the two groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine can improve visual function of optic atrophy to a certain extent.
Tan
Qing
Q
Department of Ophthalmology, TCM Hospital of Lianyungang City, Jiangsu 222004, China. tq9@hotmail.com
Wang
Li-ying
LY
Wang
Jian-ping
JP
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014794:Visual Fields
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal