Clinical Observation of Scraping Therapy in Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis of Different Syndromes

OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of scraping therapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis(AR) of different syndromes. METHODS 40 AR patients conforming to the inclusion standard were randomly divided into the control group and treatment group， with 20 cases in each group. Patients in the scraping group received scraping and cupping once a week for 4 weeks in total， while those in the control group were treated with cupping therapy. The symptom changes， clinical efficacy and the content of IgE and IL-4 were examined and compared before and after treatment. RESULTS Significant differences were noticed in the total symptom scores like sneezing， running nose， nasal obstruction and nasal itching before and after treatment(P<0.05). The total effective rate of the control group was 55.0% and that of the treatment group was 89.5%(P<0.05). The content of IgE and IL-4 of two groups were apparently reduced after treatment and the treatment group was superior to the control group(P<0.05). CONCLUSION Scraping therapy achieves definite effect on allergic rhinitis， deserving further study and clinical application.