Application of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma topical application at shénquē combined with gastrointestinal pacing in elderly patients with functional constipation
FENG Juan1 CHEN Guilan2▲
Department of Gastroenterology, Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province, Nantong 226000, China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the application effect of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma topical application at shénquē combined with gastrointestinal pacing in elderly patients with functional constipation (FC). Methods Sixty elderly patients with FC admitted to Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from September 2018 to March 2020 were selected as the research objects, and they were divided into control group and experimental group by random number table method, with 30 cases in each group. The control group was treated with life guidance and gastrointestinal pacing, on basis of control group, the experimental group was treated with Rhei Radix et Rhizoma topical application at shénquē. After four courses (10 days of continuous treatment was taken as one course) of treatment, the efficacy of the two groups was evaluated; before treatment and after 4 courses of treatment, the improvement conditions of anal canal motor function (maximum squeeze pressure [MSP] of anal canal, duration sustained squeeze [DSS] and anal canal resting pressure [RP] level) was tested and compared. Results After treatment, the efficacy of the experimental group was better than that of the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). After treatment, the MSP and RP in both groups were lower than those before treatment, and the experimental group was lower than the control group; the DSS in both groups was shorter than that before treatment, and the experimental group was shorter than the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion The Rhei Radix et Rhizoma topical application of shénquē combined with gastrointestinal pacing in the treatment of elderly patients with FC can improve the anal canal motor function, and the clinical effect is definite.