Background: Low Back Pain is a common disorder involving the muscles, nerves and spine. The use of combination acupuncture, namely the local point and Yamamoto News Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) is expected to accelerate the decrease in pain in patients with Low Back Pain. Methods: This study is used 45 respondents divided into 3 treatment groups, namely 1) Local point acupuncture therapy group, 2) Yamamoto News Scalp Acupuncture acupuncture therapy group, and 3) Local point combination with Yamamoto News Scalp Acupuncture therapy group. This research was conducted in the working area of the Ngemplak Community Health Center, Boyolali from January 2017 to September 2017. Measurement of pain using Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Results: The evaluation results showed that the respondent's data is normally distributed and homogeneous. ANOVA test showed there was a significant relationship between the local point acupuncture therapy group, Yamamoto News Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) and Combination. The F value in this study is smaller than α (0.05). The T test showed that local acupuncture therapy is more effective than Yamamoto acupuncture therapy. News Scalp Acupuncture, and point combination acupuncture therapy are more effective than local points. Conclusion: Therfore it is the first report that proved the better method of combination (Local Point and YNSA) for reducing LBP quickly.
Background: Elevated blood pressure (hypertension) is an important public-health problem. Meanwhile, lifestyle changes and non-pharmacological therapies such as acupuncture and auricular therapies are considered complementary and alternative methods for hypertension treatment. Auricular therapy is a kind of method of treating physical and psychosomatic diseases by stimulating specific points of ears, which includes various ear stimulating methods like acupressure, acupuncture, electroacupuncture, laser acupuncture, moxibustion, and bloodletting via needles, seeds, magnetic stones, lasers, ultrasound, or massage. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of combination acupuncture therapy and auriculotherapy to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Subjects and Method: A quasy experiment with no control group was conducted in Mojosongo, Surakarta, Central Java, from October 2018 to April 2019. A sample of 26 adults was selected for this study purposively. The dependent variable was blood pressure. The independent variables were acupuncture therapy (Taichong (LV 3) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) acupoints) and auriculotherapy. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure before and after intervention were masured by paired t-test. Results: Systolic blood pressure after intervention (Mean= 134.81; SD= 14.35) was lower than before (Mean= 153.08; SD= 10.78). Diastolic blood pressure after intervention (Mean= 85.00; SD= 5.10) was lower than before (Mean= 95.77; SD= 6.43). Conclusion: Combination of acupuncture therapy and auriculotherapy can be used to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
Low back pain (LBP) commonly happens and affects people in various types of work. High cholesterol level is not only a risk for plaque in the blood vessels but also a risk for LBP pain. The aim was to analyze the biochemistry of cholesterol in LBP patients receiving acupuncture therapy. The quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group design was used at Griya Sehat Dewandaru and Prima Diagnostik Main Clinical Laboratory from March to November 2020. The total sample used was 30 patients, aged 40-60 years old, and reported Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain scale 5-7. Acupuncture therapy was performed 10 times. Data were taken directly before therapy [T0], after five times [T5], and after ten times of therapy [T10]. The blood lipid profile assessment was carried out at T0, T5, and T10 and analyzed using SPSS version 23. The normality test using the Shapiro-Wilk test showed cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and VAS were normally distributed, while triglycerides were normally distributed by the Chi-Square test. Paired T-test results on cholesterol, LDL, and VAS showed a significant difference for all groups (p=0.000). Acupuncture therapy with a combination of local points and Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture [YNSA] points as much as 10 times was proven to reduce cholesterol by 12.6%, LDL by 20%, and VAS by 67.67%.
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