Clinical Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fumigation and Acupoint Massage in Treatment of Preoperative Swelling of Calcaneal Fractures

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202602.00075

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  Abstract: ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical efficacy of Traditional Chinese medicine fumigation combined with meridian acupoint massage in managing preoperative swelling in patients with calcaneal fractures. MethodsA total of 60 patients with calcaneal fractures hospitalized at Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine between January 2023 and July 2024 were enrolled as study subjects. Using a random number table, patients were allocated into a control group (mannitol + limb elevation + ice application, n=30) and an observation group (receiving additional Traditional Chinese Medicine fumigation combined with meridian acupoint massage, n=30). The skin wrinkle reappearance time, VAS scores, popliteal venous flow velocity, and ankle-heel-ankle circumference differences between affected and healthy sides before treatment and on days 1, 3, and 5 post-treatment were compared between the two groups. ResultsThe observation group demonstrated significantly better outcomes than the control group in skin wrinkle reappearance time (4.20±0.48 days), VAS scores, popliteal venous flow velocity, and ankle-heel-ankle circumference differences (all P<0.05). ConclusionThe combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine fumigation and meridian acupoint massage significantly shorten the time of skin wrinkle reappearance, alleviated pain, enhanced popliteal venous hemodynamics, and demonstrated considerable clinical value in promoting the preoperative edema resolution of patients.

  Key words: Traditional Chinese medicine fumigation; Acupoint massage; Calcaneal fracture; Swelling

  Submit time: 16 February 2026

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted biomedRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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