The effects of modified Guizhi plus Gegen decoction combined with the blade needle therapy on TCM syndromes, cervical curvature and levels of inflammatory factors in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

Yiming Zhang, Liqiang Dong, Yaoping Zhang, Yunping Shan

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yiming ZhangOrthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hangzhou Fuyang Hospital of TCM Orthopedics and Traumatology Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Liqiang DongOrthopedics and Traumatology Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Yaoping ZhangOrthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hangzhou Fuyang Hospital of TCM Orthopedics and Traumatology Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Yunping ShanPain Clinic, Hangzhou Fuyang Hospital of TCM Orthopedics and Traumatology Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of TCM · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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objectiveTo explore the effect of modified Guizhi plus Gegen decoction combined with the blade needle therapy on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes, cervical curvature, and inflammatory factor levels in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

methodsIn this retrospective study, 114 patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy who visited Pain Clinic, Hangzhou Fuyang Hospital of TCM Orthopedics and Traumatology from January 2020 to December 2022 were selected as the study subjects. According to different treatment methods, these patients were divided into an observation group (n=57, treated with blade needle therapy) and a control group (n=57, treated with modified Guizhi plus Gegen decoction combined with the blade needle therapy). Patients in both groups were treated for 3 courses. The treatment effects, TCM syndrome scores, cervical curvature, hemorheology indexes, inflammatory factors and adverse reactions were analyzed and compared between the two groups.

resultsThe effective rate of patients in the observation group was 94.74%, which was significantly higher than 82.46% in the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, TCM syndrome scores, hemorheology indexes, and inflammatory factors levels in both of groups were significantly decreased in contrast to before treatment, while the cervical curvature was obviously increased. Compared with the control group, after the treatment, TCM syndrome scores, hemorheology indexes, inflammatory factors levels after treatment in the observation group were obviously lower, while the cervical curvature in the observation group being significantly increased (all P<0.05). No statistical differences were found for the incidence of adverse reactions between two the groups.

conclusionModified Guizhi plus Gegen decoction combined with the blade needle therapy effectively improved the TCM syndrome scores, restored the curvature of the cervical spine, improved the hemorheology of patients, inhibited the levels of inflammatory factors and it also has few adverse reactions, with a significant treatment effect in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

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adverse reactionsblade needlecervical curvatureCervical spondylotic radiculopathyeffectsGuizhi plus Gegen decoctionhemorheologyinflammatory factorsTCM syndrome

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