[Therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture combined with medicine on acute rheumatoid arthritis at active stage]
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Published on: May 16, 2025
Zhou Ai1, Yuan-yuan Liu, Lian Yang
1Zhuhai Hospital, Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, China.
Objective:
To explore a treatment program for increasing therapeutic effect on rheumatoid arthritis at active stage.
Methods:
One hundred and forty-six cases were randomly divided into treatment group (n = 74) and medicine control group (n = 72). The treatment group were treated by electroacupuncture at Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), etc. , combined with meloxicam, sulfasalazine and MTX. The control group treated by simple the Western medicines. Their therapeutic effects were compared.
Results:
The effective rate was 79.73% in the treatment group and 51.39% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P< 0. 05).
Conclusion:
Electroacupuncture combined with medicine has a better therapeutic effect than the simple medicine on rheumatoid arthritis at active stage.