Clinical effect and safety of Zheng′s No.2 fumigation and washing prescription for adjuvant treatment of children with hip synovitis in meridians obstructed by dampness-heat type
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical effect and safety of Zheng′s No.2 fumigation and washing prescription combined with skin traction for the adjuvant treatment of children with hip synovitis in meridians obstructed by dampness-heat type. MethodsA total of 126 children with hip synovitis in meridians obstructed by dampness-heat type were randomly divided into control group or combined group, with 63 cases in each group. The control group was treated with skin traction, and the combined group was treated with skin traction combined with Zheng′s No.2 fumigation and washing prescription. The pre- and post-treatment Wong-Baker faces pain scale score, clinical efficacy at the end of treatment, pre- and post-treatment levels of serum inflammatory factors with respect to interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and incidence rate of adverse reactions during treatment, as well as recurrence during follow-up were compared between children of the two groups. ResultsThe Wong-Baker faces pain scale score of the two groups was decreased with increased treatment time, and the score of children in the combined group after 1 and 2 weeks of treatment was lower than that in the control group (all P<0.05). The total effective rate of the combined group was 96.83%, which was higher than that of the control group (85.71%, P<0.05). After treatment, the levels of serum IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α in the two groups were lower than those before treatment, and the levels of the above indices in the combined group were lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). During follow-up, no children relapsed in both groups, and there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence rate of adverse reactions between the two groups during treatment (P>0.05). ConclusionCompared with single skin traction therapy, Zheng′s No.2 fumigation and washing prescription combined with skin traction for the adjuvant treatment of children with hip synovitis in meridians obstructed by dampness-heat type has superior clinical efficacy, which can preferably relieve children′s pain, and alleviate body inflammatory responses, exerting a relatively high safety.