Clinical efficacy study of cupping combined with traditional Chinese medicine ointment in the treatment of cough caused by upper respiratory tract infection in children
拔罐联合中药膏摩治疗小儿上呼吸道感染咳嗽的临床疗效研究

摘要

目的 本研究旨在探讨拔罐联合中药膏摩干预小儿上呼吸道感染（URTI）所致咳嗽的临床价值。方法 将80例符合纳入标准的患儿随机分为观察组（拔罐+中药膏摩+常规治疗）与对照组（常规治疗），疗程5天。观察两组患儿的临床痊愈和治疗有效率、咳嗽症状积分变化及主要症状消失时间。结果 观察组总有效率显著高于对照组；治疗后第3天、第5天咳嗽症状积分均明显低于对照组；咳嗽消失时间亦短于对照组（P<0.05）。结论 数据表明，拔罐联合中药膏摩能有效缓解小儿URTI咳嗽症状，缩短病程，且安全性良好。

Abstract

Objective This study aims to explore the clinical value of cupping combined with traditional Chinese medicine ointment in the intervention of cough caused by upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in children.
Methods 80 eligible children were randomly divided into an observation group (cupping+traditional Chinese medicine ointment+conventional treatment) and a control group (conventional treatment), with a treatment course of 5 days. Observe the clinical recovery and treatment effectiveness, changes in cough symptom scores, and disappearance time of major symptoms in two groups of pediatric patients.
Results The total effective rate of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group; On the 3rd and 5th day after treatment, the cough symptom scores were significantly lower than those in the control group; The disappearance time of cough was also shorter than that of the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion   The data shows that cupping combined with Chinese herbal medicine can effectively alleviate cough symptoms in children with URTI, shorten the course of the disease, and have good safety.