Clinical Study of Bushen Tongbi Soup Combined with Massage and Traction in the Treatment of Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation

Abstract

Objective The clinical efficacy of Bushen Tongbi soup combined with massage and traction in the treatment of patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) was explored. Methods 80 LDH patients who were treated in our hospital from January 2017 to June 2018 were taken as the study subject, and they were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group, with 40 cases in each group. Patients in the control group were treated with massage and traction, and those in the observation group were additionally given Bushen Tongbi soup on the basis of the control group. The clinical efficacy, lumbar spine function and pain scores, lumbar joint range of motion, and SF-36 health questionnaire scores were compared between the two groups. Results The total clinical effective rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). After the treatment, the score of the Japanese orthopaedic association (JOA), lumbar flexion and lumbar posterior extension angle, and the scores of 8 dimensions in SF-36 scale were obviously higher than those before the treatment in both groups (P<0.05), and those in the observation group were markedly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). After the treatment, the visual analogue scores (VASs) in the two groups were distinctly lower than those before the treatment (P<0.05), and the score in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Bushen Tongbi soup combined with massage and traction can effectively alleviate the clinical symptoms of LDH patients, ameliorate lumbar spine function and lumbar joint range of motion, and improve the life quality of patients.