Clinical effect of formula with warming yang to promote defecation combined with Chinese herbal medicines for warm compress in the treatment of functional constipation in the elderly
LI Hui-yi1 ZHAO Li-shuang2 WANG Ze3 ZHOU Hai-feng4
1.Department of Disease Prevention,Dehui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital,Jilin Province,Dehui 130300,China;
2.The First Department of Internal Medicine,Dehui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital,Jilin Province,Dehui 130300,China;
3.Department of Internal Medicine,Dehui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital,Jilin Province,Dehui 130300,China;
4.Department of Orthopedics,Dehui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital,Jilin Province,Dehui 130300,China
Abstract:Objective To explore the clinical effect of formula with warming yang to promote defecation combined with Chinese herbal medicines for warm compress in the treatment of functional constipation in the elderly.Methods A total of 128 elderly patients with functional constipation admitted to Dehui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital from June 2018 to June 2019 were selected as subjects.They were divided into observation group and control group by the random number table method,with 64 cases in each group.In the control group,conventional treatment in Western medicine was used,while in the observation group,formula with warming yang to promote defecation combined with Chinese herbal medicines for warm compress was adopted.After one month of treatment,the efficacy of the two groups was observed and compared,the severity of constipation and the change in quality of life were analyzed,and the recurrence rates of the two groups were calculated.Results The total clinical effective rate of the observation group (95.31%)was higher than that of the control group (89.06%),the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).After 1 month of treatment,the severity of constipation (CCS) score of the observation group was (40.34±4.29) points,lower than that of the control group of (58.01±4.11) points,and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).The recurrence rate of 6 months after treatment in the observation group (4.69%) was lower than that in the control group (23.43%),with statistically significant difference (P<0.05).After 1 month of treatment and 6 months after treatment,the quality of life scale for patients with constipation (PAC-QOL) scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group,with statistically significant differences (P<0.05).Conclusion Formula with warming yang to promote defecation combined with Chinese herbal medicines for warm compress in the treatment of functional constipation in the elderly has a remarkable curative effect at advantages of alleviating constipation,reducing the recurrence rate and improving the quality of life.It is worthy of clinical attention,promotion and application.
李会义;赵立爽;王泽;周海峰. 温阳通便方配合中药热敷治疗老年功能性便秘的临床效果[J]. 中国当代医药, 2021, 28(4): 177-180.
LI Hui-yi;ZHAO Li-shuang; WANG Ze;ZHOU Hai-feng. Clinical effect of formula with warming yang to promote defecation combined with Chinese herbal medicines for warm compress in the treatment of functional constipation in the elderly. 中国当代医药, 2021, 28(4): 177-180.