CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON COMBINED TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA WITH ACUPUNCTURE, MOXIBUSTION AND CHINESE MEDICINAL HERBS

Alongwiththeriseofmorbidityofcere-brovasculardisease,thenumberofvascularde-mentia(VD),patientsisincreasingdaybyday.Uptonow,thereisnoriperemediesfortreat-mentofVD.Forseekingeffectivewaysltheau-thorsofthepresentpaperadoptedacupuncture,moxibustionplusChinesemedicinalherbstotreatVDpatientsandtoobservetheirc1inicalef-fectandinfluenceonbloodanti-oxidasesandlipidperoxide.ItisreportedasfolloWs.CLINICALDATAInthispaper,VDpatientswereselectedac-cordingtothediagnosisstandardsDSM-III[1Jformulat…

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON COMBINED TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA WITH ACUPUNCTURE, MOXIBUSTION AND CHINESE MEDICINAL HERBS

In the present study, the clinical effect of acupuncture, moxibustion plus Chinese medicinal herbs for treatment of 30 cases of vascular dementia (VD) was observed and their mechanisms were analyzed by determining the activity of SOD, LPO and GSH-Px. Results showed that after 2 months'combined treatment, of the 30 cases, 12 had marked improvement, 15 had improvement and 3 had not any improvement, with an effective rate of 90%; the activity of SOD and GSH-Px increased considerably while the content of LPO lowered strikingly. There were significant differences between pre-and post-treatment in the activity of SOD and GSH-Px and the content of LPO (P<0. 01). It reveals that this method is capable of improving VD patients' clinical symptoms and signs such as headache, dizziness, hemi-paralysis or hemianesthesia, forced crying and laughing, etc.and also raising the ability of the body in removing oxygen free radical, and suppressing peroxidization of free radical to reduce its products, thereby alleviating the toxic effect of oxygen free radical on the brain tissues.