title: [Controlled study on therapeutic effect of vessel pricking therapy and western medication for treatment of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the difference of therapeutic effects between vessel pricking therapy and Prednisone for treatment of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy cases of acute purpura nephritis syndrome were randomly divided into an observation group (40 cases) and a control group (30 cases). Patients in observation group were differentiated into sthenia and asthenia syndromes. Vessel pricking therapy was applied at Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10) etc. by triangular needle for sthenia symptom; shallow needling was used at Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36) etc. by filiform needle. The control group was treated with oral admi-nidtration of Prednisone. The symptom score of TCM, 24 h urinary protein, red blood cell count of urinary sediment of both groups were observed before and after treatment and therapeutic effects were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of 92.5% (37/40) in observation group was superior to that of 80.0% (24/30) in control group, and there was a significant difference between two groups (P < 0.05); the symptom score of TCM, 24 h urinary protein, red blood cell count of urinary sediment were all improved in both groups after treatment (all P < 0.05), and moreover, the improvement in observation group was superior to that of control group (all P < 0.05); after treatment, the symptom score of TCM of sthenia syndrome was lower than that of asthenia syndrome in observation group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vessel pricking therapy has a significant therapeutic effect for treatment of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis, superior to that of oral administration of Prednisone, and the therapeutic effect is better for treating sthenia syndrome than for asthenia syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Department, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China. yanghongjuan2009@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Hong-Juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ke-Sheng
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Tong-Wen
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Li-Qin
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Mu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D001815:Bloodletting; D002648:Child; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone