Acupuncture Research

EYE DISORDERS

Dan Zhi Xiao Yao Yin Combined with Auricular-Point-Pressing for Treatment of Optic Atrophy

Yang H., Xuzhou Municipal TCM Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221003, China.

A study was conducted in order to evaluate the therapeutic effect of Dan Zhi Xiao Yao Yin (Decoction of Moutan Bark and Capejasmine) combined with auricular-point-pressing therapy in the treatment of optic atrophy.

Visual acuity and visual field were observed in the 51 cases (58 eyes) from the treatment group that were treated with Dan Zhi Xiao Yao Yin combined with auricular-point-pressing treatment and the 43 cases (49 eyes) from the control group that were treated with routine western drugs at the end of the trial (60 days).

The effective rates of increase in visual acuity obtained in the treatment and the control groups were 79.3% and 44.89% respectively and enlargement in visual field were 61.9% and 22.6% respectively. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences between two groups (P<0.05).

In conclusion, the beneficial effect of Dan Zhi Xiao Yao Yin combined with auricular-point -pressing therapy in increasing the visual acuity and enlarging the visual field was superior to that of the routine western drugs.