Application Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sitting Bath In Endoscopic Hemorrhoid Ligation Treatment

Background To explore the effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine sitting bath in patients undergoing endoscopic hemorrhoid ligation surgery. Methods A total of 132 patients underwent endoscopic hemorrhoid ligation surgery from January 2018 to December 2019 were selected and randomly divided into a control group and an observation group, with 66 cases in each group. After the operation, the same oral and written health education was given to all patients, and a special bidet was distributed to take a sitting bath. The control group took a sitting bath with warm water while the observation group with warm Traditional Chinese Medicine(named Hemorrhoid bath net, contains ingredients such as Phellodendron amurense, Sophora flavescens, rhubarb, purslane, safflower, wormwood, etc. It has functions of clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, killing insects and relieving itching). The sitting bath was taken with a temperature of 38~42°C and time of 15~20 minutes per day and maintained for 2 weeks. Patients were followed up for the degree of postoperative bleeding and peak pain, disappearance time of pain and anal bloating, and operation rate of re-ligation within six months. Hemorrhoid hemorrhage scoring standard: 0 points for no blood in stool, 1 points for blood-stained paper, 2 points for 1–7 blood drops, 3 points for over 10 blood drops. VAS pain score standard: 0 points for painless, 10 points for severe pain, and the middle indicates different degrees of pain. Results Comparing observation group with the control group, the differences in postoperative bleeding degree (1.05±0.42 vs 1.89±0.77 points), peak pain (3.52±0.67 vs 4.96±0.98 points), time of pain disappearance (3.66±0.54 vs 4.83±1.24 days), time of anal bulging sensation disappearance (5.35±1.14 vs 7.02±1.47 days) and operation rate of re-ligation within half a year (1.52% vs 3.03%) were statistically significant (P Conclusions Using of Traditional Chinese Medicine sitting bath in patients undergoing endoscopic hemorrhoid ligation surgery can effectively reduce postoperative bleeding, relieve postoperative pain and anal bloating, and lower down the operation rate of re-ligation.