TITLE:
Clinical Observation Study on the Treatment of Constipation in Female Drug Addicts with Traditional Chinese Medicine Patching
AUTHORS:
Dewei Xu, Yun Liu, Junhua Zheng, Yinuo Zhang, Changfeng Huang, Xueqin Wang, Xuezhi Li
KEYWORDS:
Detoxification Personnel, Constipation, Traditional Chinese Medicine Patching, Intestinal Flora
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.12 No.7,
July
18,
2025
ABSTRACT: Objective: To alleviate the withdrawal symptoms of drug addicts and to explore the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine dressing on drug-related constipation. Methods: A total of 113 patients with constipation after detoxification admitted to a women’s education and correction center in Chongqing were enrolled, and constipation symptoms and quality of life scores, serum gastrointestinal hormones, and intestinal microbiota sequencing indexes were collected in four visits. Results: After treatment, the constipation symptom score was significantly decreased (P P P P > 0.05). The PAC-QOL score of each group was significantly increased (P P P > 0.05). Conclusion: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dressing has significant clinical efficacy on drug-related constipation in women and can improve the quality of life of patients, but it has no significant effect on intestinal microbiota in the short term, and further research is needed.