title: [Effect of medicated bath plus acupoint massage on limbs in treating 42 patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of medicated bath plus acupoint massage on limbs (B-M treatment) in treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-two patients were divided into two groups, the control group (n=40) and the treated group (n=42), they were treated by conventional treatment but with B-M treatment applied to the latter additionally, the course to both groups was 12 weeks. The curative effects obtained were compared after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate was higher in the treated group than that in the control group (81.0% vs. 52.5%, P < 0.05); the nerval transmission speed was improved significantly (P < 0.05) after treatment in both group, but that in the treated group was better than in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  B-M treatment on limbs has better effect than Western medicine along in promoting DPN restoration.
authors.affiliation: Jiaozuo Vocational College of Medicine, Henan. zhaomeiyu88@163.com
authors.forename: Mei-yu
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001494:Baths; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000628:therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal