Clinical observation on treatment of chronic eczema with acupuncture plus acupoint injection therapy

Objective: To observe the clinical effects of acupuncture combined with acupoint injection therapy in treating chronic eczema. Methods: Seventy patients were randomly divided into two groups. Thirty-six cases in the treatment group were treated with acupuncture, acupoint injection therapy and tapping with plum-blossom needle, while 34 cases in the control group were treated with oral administration of Loratadine plus topical application of Halometasone Cream. Results: After a three-week treatment, the curative and remarkable effective rate and the total effective rate were respectively 80.6% and 97.2% in the treatment group, versus 47.1% and 79.4% in the control group. The differences in the curative and remarkable effective rate and total effective rate between the two groups were statistically significant (all P<0.05). No obvious adverse reaction appeared in the two groups during the treatment. Conclusion: Acupuncture plus acupoint injection therapy is effective for chronic eczema with high in safety. © 2013 Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.