[Clinical study of soaked treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with herbal medicine].

This paper represented 500 patients with chronic osteomyelitis who were treated with Chinese medicinal herbs, Gan-ling Immersion Formula, in which focuses were soaked in combination with other therapies from 1986-1989. Healing rate was 83.2%. Effective rate was 98.0%. This therapeutic method was more effective for treating chronic osteomyelitis of the hand and the foot with shorter course. It was also good for treating refractory skin ulcer and scar, ilium osteomyelitis and sclerosing osteomyelitis. This method was immediately effective for acute attack of chronic osteomyelitis. Fistula in half of the patients could be closed within two therapeutic course. Most of the non-union and delayed-union of the bones could be unionized as chronic osteomyelitis was healed. Most dead bones could remove spontaneously, some could be absorbable, and seldom should be removed by operating on. These herbs are easy to get. The method was so simple and so safe that it could provide a new way of treating chronic osteomyelitis. Experiments showed Gan-ling Immersion Formula possessed relative strong anti-inflammation and external antibiotic effects.