Clinical observation on the combined use of acupuncture and herbal medicine for treatment of chloasma.
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.
Feng
Xiao-Jing
XJ
Wuhan Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, China.
Fu
Jian-Ying
JY
Liu
Fang
F
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
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal