Chinese Medicine plus needle-knife treatment of knee osteoarthritis Observation of 40 Cases.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Chinese Medicine plus needle-knife treatment of knee osteoarthritis Observation of 40 Cases [Keywords:] knee osteoarthritis / TCM therapy; needle-knife therapy; Self-Gubi Soup / therapeutic use Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the main cause knee pain, and seriously endanger the health of the elderly. I since March 2006 ~ June 2008 a small needle-knife treatment using traditional Chinese medicine plus 40 cases of curative effect satisfaction, report as follows. A clinical data 40 cases, 17 were males and 23 females; aged 39 to 76 years, mean 56.5 years old; course of 20 d ~ 16 years, an average of 2.7 years. 7 cases of left knee, right knee in 14 cases, both knees in 19 cases. Clinical manifestations of knee pain, stiffness, limited mobility, or snapping, upstairs and downstairs difficulties and can not squat and non-durable line. CR films showed sharp edges or knee osteophyte formation, joint space narrowing and so on. Two treatment 2.1 The Chinese medical treatment using self-prepared Gubi soup. Medicinal: Rehmannia 15 g, psoralen 12 g, mistletoe 15 g, deer grass title 15 g, Radix Paeoniae Alba 12 g, pangolin 6 g, safflower 12 g, soap thorn 15 g, Arisaema 12 g, Prunella vulgaris 18 g, honeysuckle 18 g, Cyathula 9 g. Modified: If Tongshen TGP dosage increased to 30 g, gav dhumnades 9 g, centipede 3; case of cold Tongshen plus Homalomena 12 g, the system Chuanwu 9 g; and damp evil, accompanied by swelling in knee effusion, floating patella experiment (), the soil Poria 30 g, Coix Seed 30 g. 1 day, simmered them in water 2 times juice 500 mL, 2 times, oral, and even served two weeks, and then the medicine is to fine, made Shuiwan, each serving 9 g, 2 times a day orally after a meal. 2.2 needle-knife therapy 2.2.1 supine position, knees buckling with pillow 20 ° ~ 30 ° , feet flat on the treatment table. 2.2.2 fixed within the lateral collateral ligament in the knee, lower quadriceps tendon, patellar ligament top, infrapatellar