title: Clinical observation on the combined use of acupuncture and herbal medicine for treatment of chloasma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the clinical effects of the combined use of acupuncture and herbal medicine for treatment of chloasma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Totally 60 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group of 30 cases, treated by acupuncture and herbal medicine, and a control group of 30 cases, administered Vitamin C and Vitamin E. The clinical effects were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of the treatment group is 93.3% better than that of the control group (76.7%), the difference was significant (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined use of acupuncture and herbal medicine may yield definite therapeutic effects in treating chloasma patients.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jian-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008548:Melanosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal