Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Evaluate the effects of the Duong Cot HV remedy combined with electro-acupuncture on patients with low back pain due to spinal degeneration

Nguyen Tien Chung¹, Pham Hong Van², Nguyen Thanh Hiep^3♦, Le Thi Tuyet¹, Nguyen Duy Thuan¹, Truong Viet Binh¹

¹VietNam University of Traditional Medicine, Ha Noi, Vietnam
²Introduce National Hospital of Acupuncture, Hanoi, Vietnam
³Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

^♦Corresponding author
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Email: nguyenthanhhiep@yhaoo.com

ABSTRACT

Objective: Evaluate the effects of the Duong Cot HV remedy combined with electro acupuncture on patients with low back pain due to spinal degeneration. Method: Randomized control trial study. Results: Taking Duong Cot HV combined with electric acupuncture is more effective to improve the symptoms of low back pain caused by spinal degeneration: relieve pain on VAS score, increase spinal movement; this effect had tended to be better than the control group with electric acupuncture combined “San bi tang” remedy, but no statistical difference recorded after 20 days of treatment. Conclusion: “Duong cot HV” combined with electro-acupuncture work to improve the symptoms of patients with low back pain due to spinal degeneration: reduce pain sensation according to VAS, increase spinal motor skills.

Keywords: Duong Cot HV, low back pain, degenerative spine

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2393-2398

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