[Clinical observation on auricular-plaster therapy combined with chiropractics for treatment of emaciation in children].

Objective: To search for a non-medicine therapy for infant emaciation.
Methods: The observation group of 55 cases were treated with auricular point sticking combined with chiropractics. For the auricular point sticking therapy, vaccaria seeds were stuck at 9 points such as small intestine, Shenmen, spleen, endocrine, and others, and replaced once every 5 days, 10 days constituting one course. Chiropractics: knead or massage the muscles from lumbosacral area upward to Dazhui (GV 14). The control group were treated with oral administration of pepsin mixture, 10 mL after meals, thrice each day. They were treated for 5 courses.
Results: Of the 55 cases in the observation group, 7 were cured, 20 markedly effective, 24 effective and 4 ineffective, with a total effective rate of 92.7%, and among the 23 cases in the control group, 2 cases were cured, 7 markedly effective, 8 effective and 6 ineffective, with a total effective rate of 73.9%.
Conclusion: Auricular point sticking combined with chiropractics is a better non-medicine therapy for emaciation in children.