Treatment of hyperlipidemia with fumigation-steaming therapy of draining dampness and reducing fat

CHEN Ai-jia; XIAO Lu; HU Shi-rui; FENG Ling

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-4055.2015.05.13

Abstract：Objective To observe the effect of fumigation-steaming therapy of draining dampness and reducing fat on blood fat and TCM symptoms in patients with hyperlipidemia (type of dampness turbidity obstruction).Methods The patients (n=65, male 30, female 35 and aged from 30 to 75) were chosen from Dec. 2014 to May 2015, and randomly divided into fumigation-steaming group (n=32) and control group (n=33). The fumigation-steaming group was treated with fumigation-steaming therapy of draining dampness and reducing fat, and control group, with atorvastatin calcium tablets (20 mg, 1 piece every night). The level changes of blood fat, indexes of liver and kidney and creatine kinase were detected, and curative effects on TCM symptoms were compared in 2 groups.Results The levels of TG and TC decreased and level of HDL-C increased in control group after treatment (allP<0.01). The levels of TG, TC and LDL-C decreased in fumigation-steaming group after treatment (allP<0.01). The curative effects on TCM symptoms were better in fumigation-steaming group than those in control group (P<0.05). The clinical control rate was 6.25%, obvious effective rate was 15.6%, effective rate was 59.4% and ineffective rate was 18.75% in fumigation-steaming group, and obvious effective rate was 12.1%, effective rate was 45.5% and ineffective rate was 42.4 in control group. The total effective rate increased in fumigation-steaming group compared with control group (81.2% vs. 57.6%, P<0.05). After treatment, the indexes of liver and kidney and level of creatine kinase had no significant changes in fumigation-steaming group after treatment (allP>0.05).Conclusion The fumigation-steaming therapy of draining dampness and reducing fat can effectively ameliorate blood fat level and relieve TCM symptoms without adverse reactions.