ZHANG Xuan,SUN Zhanxue,ZHANG Lili,et al.Clinical observation of Guiling Decoction combined with fire needle therapy in treatment of neurodermatitis[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(10):1255-1258.
ZHANG Xuan,SUN Zhanxue,ZHANG Lili,et al.Clinical observation of Guiling Decoction combined with fire needle therapy in treatment of neurodermatitis[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(10):1255-1258. DOI: 10.16025/j.1674-1307.2025.10.006.
Clinical observation of Guiling Decoction combined with fire needle therapy in treatment of neurodermatitis
combined with fire needle therapy in the treatment of neurodermatitis (ND).
Methods
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A total of 120 ND patients who visited the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital from October 2023 to May 2024 were enrolled and randomly assigned into an observation group and a control group (60 patients each) using a random number table. Both groups received topical application of Vaseline twice daily. The control group received oral
Guiling Decoction
, while the observation group was treated with oral
Guiling Decoction
combined with fire needle therapy for 4 weeks. Clinical efficacy, skin lesion scores, Visual Analog
Scale (VAS) for pruritus, Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) scores, VAS for accompanying symptoms, safety, and recurrence rates were compared between the two groups before and after treatment.
Results
2
The total effective rate in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (
P
<
0.05). After 4 weeks of treatment, VAS scores for pruritus, AIS scores, and VAS scores for accompanying symptoms decreased in both groups compared with baseline (
P
<
0.05), with the observation group showing greater improvement in VAS scores for pruritus and AIS scores than the control group (
P
<
0.05). Skin lesion scores at weeks 2 and 4 were lower than baseline in both groups (
P
<
0.05), and the observation group had lower scores than the control group (
P
<
0.05). No drug-related adverse events occurred in either group, and scabbing was observed after fire needle therapy, which resolved within 3–10 days. At 3-month follow-up, 1 patient in the observation group relapsed (1.79%), and 4 patients in the control group relapsed (9.09%), with no statistically significant difference in recurrence rate between the two groups (
P
>
0.05).
Conclusion
2
Guiling Decoction
combined with fire needle therapy can improve the clinical efficacy in treating ND and is safe.
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