Chronic constipation
Conditions
Interventions
intervention group1: Oral lactulose (use suppositories if necessary), at the time of the Mao hour (5-7 a.m.), Zhi Shi Tong Fu plaster acupoint application. Oral lactulose: 15 ml per dose, twice daily
Zhi Shi Tong Fu plaster acupoint application at Shenque(CV8), Tianshu(ST25), and Daheng(SP15) from 5-7 a.m., 4 hours per session, once daily, with a 7-day course, to be repeated for four consecutive c
intervention group2:Oral lactulose (use suppositories if necessary), Zhi Shi Tong Fu plaster acupoint application. Oral lactulose: 15 ml per dose, twice daily
Zhi Shi Tong Fu plaster acupoint application at Shenque(CV8), Tianshu(ST25), and Daheng(SP15) for 4 hours per session, once daily, at any time except the Mao hour, with a 7-day course, to be repeated
control group:Oral lactulose (if necessary use suppositories) at the time of the rooster (5-7 a.m.) placebo acupoint application. Oral lactulose: 15 ml per dose twice daily
placebo acupoint application at Shenque(CV8) Tianshu(ST25) and Daheng(SP15) from 5-7 a.m. 4 hours per session once daily with a 7-day course to be repeated for four consecutive courses.
Sponsors
Jiangsu Province Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age 18~80 years old; (2) meeting the above diagnostic criteria for Western medicine and Chinese medicine; (3) Patients or their family members voluntarily participate in the subject and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Constipation caused by various drugs; (2) Constipation caused by organic disease related factors; (3) Inability to comply due to alcohol drug abuse or mental factors; (4) Have a history of abdominal surgery or abdominal skin damage in the past 1 year (5) long-term abuse of laxatives; (6) Communication and cognitive dysfunction; (7) can not take care of themselves (8) Combined with other serious diseases of the whole body requiring emergency treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Weekly frequency of complete spontaneous bowel movements;Overall clinical efficacy; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life (PAC-QOL);TCM syndrome score;Constipation symptom score; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhangxixia
Jiangsu Province Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine
Outcome results
None listed