Clinical Comparison of Head and Facial Massage and Qiaogong Point Massage as Adjuvant Therapy of Hypertension
Objective:To compare the clinical efficacy of head and facial massage to Qiaogong point massage in adjuvant treatment of hypertension.Methods:A total of 64 hypertension patients whose blood pressure had been managed by extended release nifedipine tablets in previous received the head and facial massage and Qiaogong point massage randomly.Clinical symptoms,blood pressure and heart rate before and after treatment were compared.Results:The head and facial massage group had better outcomes in dizziness,headache and irritability improvement(P0.05).On the first day after treatment,the blood pressure reduced more in the Qiaogong point massage group compared to the other group;the situation was turned over after 15 days treatment.No significant difference was found in the change of blood pressure between the 2 groups(P0.05).Conclusion:The Qiaogong point massotherapy has temporary antihypertensive effect,while the head and facial massage has better hypertension and symptom improvement after long time treatment.