Objective

2

To investigate the clinical effect of acupuncture and cupping therapy on acute tonsillitis in children.

Methods

2

A total of 102 children with acute tonsillitis who were admitted to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine from March 2019 to September 2020 were recruited as the subjects. A prospective

parallel open control study was conducted and they were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group (

n

=51). The control group was only given symptomatic treatment

while the observation group was treated with acupuncture and cupping on Dazhui (DU 14) and acupuncture and bloodletting on Shaoshang (LU 11) on both hands on the basis of symptomatic treatment. If the subjects in the observation group still reported fever 2 days after treatment

the above-mentioned TCM treatment was given again. The time needed for the fever to go away

for pharyngeal pain to improve

for pharyngeal congestion to improve

for tonsillar enlargement to improve and for tonsillar abscess to disappear was recorded. Syndrome scores were obtained and the effective rates of the two groups were collected. WBC

N% and CRP values before and 5 days after treatment were acquired for comparison. A two-week follow-up was conducted to obtain information about disease recurrence.

Results

2

The total effective rate of the observation group was 98.04%

higher than that of the control group (90.20%)

but the difference was not statistically significant (

P

>

0.05). The time of fever reduction

improvement of pharyngeal pain and improvement of pharyngeal congestion in the observation group were shorter than those in the control group

and the differences were statistically significant (

P

<

0.05). Compared with that of the control group

the improvement time of tonsil enlargement and the disappearance time of tonsil abscess in the observation group were also shortened

but the difference was not statistically significant (

P

>

0.05). After treatment

WBC

N% and CRP in the two groups were lower than those before treatment (

P

<

0.05)

and CRP in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (

P

<

0.05). It was found during the follow-up that

2 weeks after treatment

the recurrence rate of observation group was significantly lower than that of control group (

P

<

0.05).

Conclusion

2

Compared with conventional therapy

acupuncture and cupping therapy is effective in improving clinical symptoms and signs

shortening the course of disease

alleviating acute inflammatory response and preventing recurrence.