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[Observation on the therapeutic effect of scraping therapy on perimenopausal syndrome]
Rong-Rong Jiang1, Gui-Hua Xu, Hong-Li An
1School of Nursing, Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu Province, China. jrr880107@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
To observe the clinical effects of scraping therapy on perimenopausal syndrome.
Methods:
Twenty women with perimenopausal syndrome were treated with scraping therapy and the dorsal course of the Governor Vessell and the Urinary Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang were scraped, especially on the Back-shu points and Ashi points. The clinical symptoms were observed and compared with a modified Kupperman score before and after treatment.
Results:
In all the 20 patients, 3 cases were cured, 6 cases were markedly effective, 9 cases were effective, 2 cases were ineffective, and the total effective rate was 90.0%. The Kupperman total score after treatment of (10.4 +/- 7.5) was significantly lower than the score before treatment of (25.0 +/- 5.3) (P < 0.001), in which, hot flushes and sweating, insomnia, fatigue, paresthesia, anxiety/irritability, hypaphrodisia, urinary system infection, tinnitus, dizziness, memory deterioration and headache were eased significantly (P < 0.001, P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The scraping therapy has a good clinical effect on perimenopausal syndrome and can significantly improve the clinical symptoms.
