Abstract: Objective To observe the clinical curative effects of heated Chinese medicine permeating with Intermediate Frequency Electric Current combined with triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of external humeral epicondylitis. Methods 100 cases with external humeral epicondylitis were divided into the experimental group (50 cases) and the control group (50 cases) randomly. The patients in the experimental group were treated with heated Chinese medicine permeating with Intermediate Frequency Electric Current combined with triamcinolone acetonide, and the controls were treated with triamcinolone acetonide only. Results The experimental group had a better improvement in elbow pain and gripping indices than the controls, and the difference was signiifcant. The difference in the excellent rate and the relapse rate between the two groups was signiifcant (P<0.05). Conclusion Heated Chinese medicine permeating with Intermediate Frequency Electric Current combined with triamcinolone acetonide has good efifciency in treating external humeral epicondylitis.

Key words: Intermediate Frequency Electric Current, heated, Chinese medicine permeating, triamcinolone acetonide, external humeral epicondylitis