[Clinical observation of dog days moxibustion plaster therapy in treatment of allergic rhinitis of different patterns/syndromes].

Objective To explore the efficacy and feasibility of dog days moxibustion plaster therapy in treatment of allergic rhinitis of different patterns/syndromes.Methods Allergic rhinitis of lung deficiency and invasion of cold,spleen qi deficiency and kidney yangdeficiency,56 patients for each pattern/syndrome were randomized into a plaster therapy group and a nasal spray group,28 cases in each one.In the plaster therapy group,according to the pattern/syndrome differentiation,with literature retrieval method,3acupoints of high frequency utility in clinic were selected as one group in acupoint plaster therapy.For lung deficiency and invasion of cold pattern/syndrome,Feishu(BL 13),Fengmen(BL 12)and Hegu(LI 4)were selected.For spleen qi deficiency pattern/syndrome,Pishu(BL 21),Zusanli(ST 36)and Dazhui(GV 14)were selected.For kidney yangdeficiency pattern/syndrome,Shenshu(BL 23),Dingchuan(EX-B 1)and Bailao(EX-HN 15)were selected.Separately,on July13,2013,July 23,2013,August 2,2013 and August 12,2013,the aucpoint plaster therapy was applied,2to4h(1to 2hfor children)each time.In the nasal spray group,beclometasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray,2presses one nostril each time,2to 3times a day,continuously for 4weeks.The symptom score and efficacy were compared before and after treatment in the patients of the two groups.Results The symptom scores of3patterns/syndromes were all apparently improved after treatment as compared with those before treatment in the patients of the two groups(all P0.05),and the result in the plaster therapy group was better than that of the nasal spray group(P0.05,P0.01).For lung deficiency and invasion of cold pattern/syndrome,the total effective rate was 87.3%(20/24)in the plaster therapy group,better than 84.6%(22/26)in the nasal spray group(P0.05).For spleen qi deficiency pattern/syndrome,the total effective rate was 83.3%(20/24)in the plaster therapy group,obviously better than 76.9%(22/26)in the nasal spray group(P0.05).For kidney yangdeficiency pattern/syndrome,the total effective rate was 79.2%(19/24)in the plaster therapy group,better than 76.9%(22/26)in the nasal spray group(P0.05). Conclusion The dog days moxibustion plaster therapy achieves definite efficacy on allergic rhinitis at the acupoints selected based on the differentiation of different patterns/syndromes and the efficacy is better than beclometasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray.