• 1. Graduate College;Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300073, P. R. China;
  • 2. Teacher Development and Evaluation Department;Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300073, P. R. China;
MengFanjie, Email: mfj127@tjutcm.edu.cn
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Objective To evaluate the traditional Chinese medicine fumigation curative effect for the treatment of various diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Methods Databases such as China Biology Medicine Database, VIP, China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database, WanFang Data, PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched by computer for controlled clinical trials consistent with the inclusive criteria from the establishment of these databases until February 2016. The literature quality evaluation method of Cochrane system evaluation manual was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the studies, and then relevant data were extracted for Meta-analysis with RevMan 5.1 software. Results A total of 15 randomized controlled trials involving 1579 patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that 15 days after intervention, the total effective rate of the traditional Chinese medicine fumigation group was higher than that of the western medicine group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant [RR=1.39, 95%CI (1.25, 1.55), P<0.00001]; one month after intervention, the total effective rate of the traditional Chinese medicine fumigation group was significantly higher than that of the western medicine group [RR=1.26, 95%CI (1.15, 1.38), P<0.00001]; two months after intervention, the total effective rate of the traditional Chinese medicine fumigation group was significantly higher than that of the western medicine group [RR=1.22, 95%CI (1.10, 1.36), P=0.0002]. After 1 month of treatment, motor nerve conduction velocity motion [WMD=4.42 m/s, 95%CI (3.40, 5.43) m/s, P<0.00001] and median nerve sensory nerve conduction velocity [WMD=4.02 m/s, 95%CI (2.96, 5.08) m/s, P<0.00001] increased significantly more in the traditional Chinese medicine fumigation group. Conclusion The Chinese medicine fumigation treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is better than oral or intramuscular vitamin B12, vitamin B1, oral oryzanol and so on.

Citation: ZhangLei, WangGuohao, WangXinman, MengFanjie. Traditional Chinese Medicine Fumigation versus Western Medicine in the Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Meta-analysis. West China Medical Journal, 2016, 31(3): 480-486. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201600128 Copy

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