Clinical study on the treatment of uterine fibroids by acupuncture combined with Huoxue Xiaoshi prescription

OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with the traditional Chinese medicine Huoxue Xiaozheng prescription in the treatment of uterine fibroids with qi stagnation and blood stasis type and its impact on fibroid volume and quality of life. METHODS: 60 patients with uterine fibroids were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group, 30 cases each. The control group was treated with the traditional Chinese medicine Huoxue Xiaozheng Recipe, and the observation group was treated with acupuncture combined with Huoxue Xiaozheng Recipe, with 14 days as a course of treatment. , the clinical efficacy of the two groups was observed after 3 courses of treatment. RESULTS: After treatment, the total effective rate of the control group was 70.00%, and the total effective rate of the observation group was 96.67%. The observation group was better than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05); the volume of uterine fibroids in the two groups was significantly lower than that of the control group. The volume of uterine fibroids in the observation group was smaller than that in the control group after treatment, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The clinical symptoms and quality of life of the two groups were significantly smaller than those of the control group (P<0.05). There was improvement before treatment, and the observation group was better than the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Acupuncture combined with the traditional Chinese medicine Huoxue Xiaozheng prescription can improve the clinical efficacy of uterine fibroids, significantly reduce the size of uterine fibroids, and improve patients' symptoms and quality of life, which has practical clinical significance.