Duan Yue-e
Section of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, The Second People's Hospital of Jincheng City, Shanxi 048000, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2007 May;27(5):341-3.
To compare therapeutic effects and adverse effects between catgut implantation of point plus Wenlafaxin and simple Wenlafaxin on child extensive anxiety disorder.
Seventy cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 35 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with catgut implantation of points, once 2 weeks, 3 sessions constituting one course, with the 3 groups of points, (1) Ganshu (BL 18) and Danzhong (CV 17), (2) Dazhui (CV 14) and Zhongwan (CV 12), (3) Shenshu (BL 23) and Zhangmen (LR 13) alternated, in combination with oral administration of Wenlafaxin. The control group were treated with simple oral administration of Wenlafax-cin. All of them were treated for 6 weeks.
The cured and markedly effective rate was 74.3% in the treatment group and 60.0% in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). After treatment for 6 weeks, the HAMD score was significantly lower than that before treatment in the two groups. The following survey showed that the long-term therapeutic effect in the treatment group was better, with smaller dose and less adverse effects.
Catgut implantation of point plus small dose of Wenlafaxin is a more ideal therapy for child extensive anxiety disorder.
