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Novel medical bathing with traditional C hinese herb formula alleviates paraplegia spasticity
Author(s) -
Liu Xin,
Meng Qingxi,
Yu Dapeng,
Zhao Xiwu,
Zhao Tingbao
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12145
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , bathing , herb , placebo , spasticity , visual analogue scale , physical therapy , anesthesia , traditional medicine , medicinal herbs , alternative medicine , spinal cord , psychiatry , pathology
Paraplegia spasm is a kind of chronic disease which lacks effective treatment; the patients have to endure long‐term pain, which is a tough problem for nursing practice. Lots of potential candidate medicines are under investigation, and a new C hinese herb formula is introduced in the current study. In the present study, we chose six different well‐known C hinese herbs to form a formula, and boiled them into the water with an optimized ratio to make bath water; 80 paraplegic patients received this medicinal bath, and 80 patients received perfume water bath as placebo group. Compared with placebo control patients, the herb‐treated patients have significant reduction in paraplegia spasm, visual analogue scale score, clinician global impression and sleep disorder. This novel six‐combined formula traditional medicine could be beneficial for alleviating paraplegia spasm, but the underlying action mechanism deserves further study.