The journal of alternative and complementary medicine : research on paradigm, practice, and policy
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J Altern Complement Med · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of Hypericum perforatum on the wound healing and scar of cesarean.
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of Hypericum perforatum on cesarean wound healing and hypertrophic scar. ⋯ Topical application of H. perforatum is safe and can facilitate cesarean wound healing and minimize formation of scar and its pain and pruritus.
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J Altern Complement Med · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialElectro-acupuncture for pain relief after nasal septoplasty: a randomized controlled study.
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can be effective in some pain conditions, but still there have been no randomized controlled studies of EA for treatment of acute postoperative pain in nasal septoplasty. Therefore, we did a study to test whether EA of specific points is superior to sham acupuncture for complementary analgesia after nasal septoplasty. ⋯ Findings from our study demonstrate that both uses of EA and 0.1 mg/kg IV morphine given intraoperatively resulted in a similar postoperative pain score, and meperidine was not given in any patient in the two groups during postoperative period because the VAS scores of all patients were less than 40 mm.