title: [Clinical study on electroacupuncture combined with acupoint sticking therapy for treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical efficacy on chronic ulcerative colitis between electroacupuncture (EA) combined with acupoint sticking therapy (AST) and western medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety cases were randomly divided into EA + AST group and western medication group, 45 cases in each one. In EA + AST group, (1) Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6) and (2) Shangjuxu (ST 37), Pishu (BL 20), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36) were selected for EA and AST by turns. In western medication group, Mesalazine was administered orally. Clinical symptom evaluation and colonoscopic examination were conducted respectively before and after treatment, and the differences in efficacy were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In EA + AST group, the total effective rate of clinical symptoms was 91.1% (41/45) and the total effective rate of the colonoscopic improvements in mucosal lesions was 84.4% (38/45), which were all superior to those (73.3%, 33/45; 66.7%, 30/45) in medication group (both P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of electroacupuncture and acupoint sticking therapy can improve in clinical symptoms and colonoscopic mucosal lesions significantly in the patients with ulcerative colitis and the efficacy of it is superior to that of Mesalazine.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture-Moxibustion Department, Xiangcheng Municipal Hospital of TCM, Xiangcheng 466200, Henan Province, China. jiayibo4322636@163.com
authors.forename: Yi-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Xian-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xue-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal