• Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine directional drug penetration therapy combined with elastic bandage compression dressing on relief of ecthyma syndromes

    Subjects: Nursing >> Nursing submitted time 2023-01-17

    Abstract: Objective To analyze the effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) directional drug penetration therapy combined with elastic bandage compression dressing on relief of TCM syndrome in patients with ecthyma. Methods A total of 80 hospitalized patients with ecthyma were divided into two groups according their hospital admission sequence. In the control group(n=40), the ulcer wound was treated with elastic bandage after conventional dressing change. In the observation group(n=40), the ulcer wound was treated with directional drug penetration therapy for 15-20 minutes before dressing change, and then the ulcer wound was treated with elastic bandage after conventional dressing change. The improvement rate of ecthyma-related syndromes was measured and compared between the two groups. Results The total effective rate of syndromes relief was 97.50%(39/40)in the observation group, which was significantly higher than 80.00%(32/40)in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion TCM directional drug penetration therapy combined with elastic bandage compression dressing has significant effect on relief of ecthyma-related clinical syndromes, and it is an easy-to-use, safe and painless TCM technique, which is worthy for clinical application.