Comparison of Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment and Western Medicine Treatment of Tennis Elbow (External Humeral Epicondylitis)

Jiliang He

doi:10.54097/t1c4h835

Authors

Jiliang He

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/t1c4h835

Keywords:

External humeral epicondylitis; traditional Chinese medicine treatment; Western medicine treatment.

Abstract

Tennis elbow is a chronic strain disease characterized by lateral elbow joint pain and limited movement. There are a variety of treatment methods, mainly consist of surgical treatment and non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment has quick effect, while non-surgical treatment has a low recurrence rate and is minimally invasive or non-invasive. Under different theoretical systems of TCM and Western medicine, non-surgical treatment methods are also different. Common treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine include acupuncture, massage, traditional Chinese medicine fumigation, etc. Extracorporeal shock wave and drug use. This article reviewed and summarized many domestic and foreign literatures on the treatment methods of external humeral epicondylitis, and listed the similarities and differences in clinical treatment methods of external humeral epicondylitis under two different treatment systems of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

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