TREATMENT OF ACUTE SALTPHIL BACILLUS FOOD POISONING WITH PRICKING BLOOD THERAPY

Zhang Huaizhong, Shi Shuxian, Wang Shouxiang

(Dandong Institute of TCM, Liaoning)

The presents paper and analyses the therapeutic effect of 752 patients with salt-phil bacillus food-poisoning treated by pricking blood therapy during Aug. 1970 to Sept. 1982. We had observed the effect of once acupuncture treatment within 2 hours and the drugs control group within 1 hour in 50 cases.

Diagnostic basis: 1), Acute vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea with watery or flesh washing stool. 2) Collective dining and collective onsets. 3), Sea-food taking or salted food taking within 24 hours of onset, 4), Laboratory tests coincide with the saltphil bacillus food poisoning and acute dysentery.

Methods of treatment:

Main points: Zhongchong (bilaterally), Shaoshang (bilaterally).

Accessory points: Shenque, Shuifen, Yinjiao, Huangshu,

Reserved points: Zusanli (bilaterally).

Method: Needling the 4 points above-mentioned with the three-edged needle in dotting manipulation, and let the blood be profusely till the color of blood from dark-purple to light red. Most slight cases especially in children could be cured. For severe cases, needling the point around the navel in the meantime. The depth was about 0.25-1.0 cm (1-4 fen) with dotting needling, the glass cupping Jar was applied together with the points Shenque, When the Shenque was congested as a redcherry, and hemorrhage in the 4 points around the navel was striped, the cupping jar was removed. To patients with severe shock, point Zusanli was punctured with a needle of 0.7-0.9 mm in diameter, and with the depth of 1.25-2.5 cm (5-10 fen) with an injection of atropin of 0.5-1.0 mg and a hot stupe was applied to the abdomen and loins.

Effects of treatment.

1. Standard:

Cured: abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting did not appear. Blood pressure, temperature and pulse normal.

Effective: Diarrhea ceased, but any one of the above symptoms remained. Ineffective: More than two main symptoms remained,

2. Effects in 752 cases, cured: 725 cases (96.41%), Effective: 24 cases (3.19%), Ineffective: 3 cases (0.4%) the total effective rate was 99.6%,

3. Observations of the controlling groups. Under the same condition of diagnosis and effective standards, the pricking blood group and drugs administrating group (with terramycin by mouth), (654-2 and emol injection intramuscularly) were observed with 50 cases of each group respectively. The results were: In the 50 cases of pricking blood group cured 41 cases, effective 8 cases, effective rate 98%. In the 50 cases of drugs administration group cured 2 cases, effective 18 cases, the effective rate was 40%. In comparison: the effective rate differ significantly (p<0.01)

At the same time in the observation to the main symptoms as abdominal pain and vomiting relieving period. The pricking blood group relieved in 1-10 min with 41 cases (82%). The drugs group were 2 cases (4%). With the relieving time of 30 min, the pricking blood group were 49 cases (98%). The drugs group were 14 cases (28%) compared with the relieving time of 60 min. The pricking blood group were 49 (98%) in drug group were 20 cases (40%).

In comparison with in three periods, the difference was predominantly great, (P<0.01). It expressed that the therapeutic effect of the pricking blood group was higher than that of drugs group.