Fumigating and washing therapy with Chinese medicine plus Chinese massage manipulation in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis

Objecive To explore the efficacy of fumigating and washing with Chinese medicine plus Chinese massage manipulation in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis ( KOA ).Methods 120 patients with KOA were randomly assigned to receive conventional therapy with medicantions ( 60 patients,control group ),or fumigating and washing with Chinese medicine plus Chinese massage manipulation in addiction to conventional therapy ( 60 patients,study group ).The efficacy was compared between the two groups 5 weeks after treatment.Results There was a significant difference between the study group and the control group in the overall effectiveness rate ( 96.7％ vs.70.0％,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions Fumigating and washing therapy with Chinese medicine plus Chinese massage manipulation has a better efficacy than Western medicine alone in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Key words: Knee osteoarthritis;  Fumigating and washing therapy with Chinese medicine; Chinese massage manipulation