JI Zhenzhen. Nursing Experience of Herbal Application Combined with Auricular Acupressure in Improving Peripheral Neuropathy in a Type 2 Diabetes Patient[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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JI Zhenzhen. Nursing Experience of Herbal Application Combined with Auricular Acupressure in Improving Peripheral Neuropathy in a Type 2 Diabetes Patient[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202601070001.
Nursing Experience of Herbal Application Combined with Auricular Acupressure in Improving Peripheral Neuropathy in a Type 2 Diabetes Patient
This study involved a 75-year-old patient with type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Nursing assessments were conducted using the Toronto Clinical Scoring System (TCSS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). After establishing relevant nursing diagnoses, an integrated Chinese-Western nursing plan was implemented. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) interventions included herbal application combined with auricular acupressure, supplemented by routine care in daily living, diet, exercise, and foot care. After 12 days of hospitalization, the patient showed significant improvement in symptoms such as foot numbness, pain, and coldness. The TCSS score decreased from 11 to 8, and the PSQI score improved from 14 to 10. Symptoms like excessive thirst and poor sleep were alleviated, with no adverse events reported. The study demonstrates that TCM-specific nursing interventions—herbal application and auricular acupressure—can effectively improve clinical symptoms and sleep quality in DPN patients, enhancing nursing outcomes and offering clinical reference value.
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