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Traditional Chinese medicine speeds-up humerus fracture healing: Two case reports

Hsueh, Tun-Pin, Chiu, Hsienhsueh Elley·2012·Complementary Therapies in Medicine
DOI 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.08.002
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Objective Two cases illustrate the potential benefit of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments on speeding-up proximal humeral fracture healing.Clinical features The cases include two patients with traumatic right proximal humerus closed fracture, one who fell down while standing on a chair and the other hit by a moped. Alternative treatments had been applied to restore humerus fracture. They were treated with the same modality by acupuncture on LI4, LI10, LI1, LI15, LI16 and SI9, with occasional electroacupuncture at LI4 and LI16, as well as concomitant herbal formula powder prescription named "Zhèng Gŭ Zĭ Jīn Dān". Within 2 months treatment, both patients seemed to have speed-up bone healing. The Constant Score increased from 9 to 42 and 36, before and after acupuncture therapy.Conclusions To our experience, the old patients' fracture had speed-up healing while under TCM treatments. This might hint that TCM treatments not only play a role in pain control, but also accelerate bone healing for certain fracture cases. Long-term follow-up and future experimental studies are warranted to examine the efficacy of TCM treatments for healing bone fracture in the elderly.

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Authors
Hsueh, T.-P., & Chiu, H. E.
Affiliations
  • Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
  • Chang Gung University (TW)
Corresponding author
Chiu, Hsienhsueh Elley
ORCID
Hsueh, Tun-Pin
Venue
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-12
Volume
20
Issue
6
Pages
431-433
ISSN
0965-2299 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ctim.2012.08.002
OpenAlex
W2090590617
Cited by
18
References
7
Citations by year
2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Complementary Therapies in Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone fractures and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
Keywords
traditional Chinese medicine, proximal humerus fracture, fracture healing, acupuncture, electroacupuncture, herbal formula, elderly patients, Constant score
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Drugs, Chinese Herbal, Female, Humans, Humeral Fractures, Humerus, Male, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Phytotherapy, Acupuncture Points, Acupuncture Therapy, Electroacupuncture

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Hsueh, T.-P., & Chiu, H. E. (2012). Traditional Chinese medicine speeds-up humerus fracture healing: Two case reports. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2012.08.002

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