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Research: KO and COLLEAGUES,
Listed in Issue 302
Abstract
KO and COLLEAGUES, 1 1 Clinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. 2 2 Department of Korean Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea. conducted a prospective pretest-post-test pilot study to investigate the effects of pain reduction by blood stasis treatment for blood stasis syndromes with traumatic injury.
Background
Blood stasis is an important pathophysiologic concept in Traditional East Asian Medicine. It has been considered to be a pathogenic factor in chronic and incurable conditions such as pain, infertility, cancer, coronary heart disease, and others. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pain reduction by blood stasis treatment for blood stasis syndromes with traumatic injury.
Methodology
A single-center prospective pretest-post-test pilot study included 73 patients with a trauma that occurred within the past 2 weeks who were admitted into Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine from August 2015 through December 2015. Of the 50 patients analyzed in this study, 42 were women (mean age, 33.52). Triple Energizer-reinforcing Saam acupuncture set, herbal medicine (Dangkwisoo-san), and wet cupping on tender point, which are Korean medical therapies generally executed to treat post-traumatic pain, were performed. The patients had to receive at least six sessions of treatment during the 2 weeks, with subsequent treatment being performed within 3 ± 1 days after the previous treatment. Numeric rating scale (NRS) score and general pain severity indicator was measured as a primary outcome measure. The blood stasis questionnaire, oximetry, and patient's satisfaction were also measured.
Results
The mean size of subcutaneous bleeding (width and length) and NRS score as a general pain indicator significantly decreased over the visits (all p < 0.01, visit 1 vs. visit 6). Among the blood stasis symptoms in the questionnaire, 11 blood stasis indicators significantly decreased (all p < 0.05). The patients showed significant improvement in the minimum and maximum value of peripheral perfusion index after the treatment (p = 0.011 and p = 0.15, respectively).
Conclusion
This study reveals that blood stasis treatment may help improve the pain of patients with traumatic injury by enhancing the peripheral blood flow. The significant results observed in this study support some evidence of the theories of diagnosing blood stasis pattern and treatments of that pattern in Korean Medicine.
References
Mi Mi Ko 1 , Soobin Jang 1 , Ju Ah Lee 2 , Byung Kab Kang 1 , Jeeyoun Jung 1 Blood Stasis Therapy for Traumatic Injury: A Prospective, Single-Arm, Pre-Post Pilot Study J Altern Complement Med. ;25(3):359-365. doi: 10.1089/acm.2018.0134. Epub Aug 29 2018. Mar 2019.
Comment
The above research demonstrates that blood stasis treatment may help improve the pain of patients with traumatic injury by enhancing peripheral blood flow.
