Objective  To observe the clinical effect of electroacupuncture combined with supplemented Sangpiaoxiao Decoction in treatment of female overactive bladder (OAB).

  Methods  Sixty-four patients who met OAB diagnostic criteria were selected as the study subjects, and randomly divided into treatment group and control group, with 32 cases in each group. The control group was treated with oral treatment of tolterodine tartrate tablets, and the treatment group was additionally treated with electric acupuncture point treatment and oral treatment of supplemented Sangpiaoxiao Decoction, the patients were treated three times a week for a total of 6 weeks. The overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS) and quality of life (QOL) score before treatment were compared with 3, 6 weeks after treatment in the two groups. The urination logs of the two groups were compared before treatment and 6 weeks after treatment, and the TCM efficacy was evaluated.

  Results  After 3 and 6 weeks of treatment, OABSS and QOL scores in the treatment group were significantly lower, and the total clinical response rate was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). After 6 weeks of treatment, the nocturnal urination times and urge urinary incontinence (UUI) times in the treatment group were significantly less than those in the control group (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Electroacupuncture combined with supplemented Sangpiaoxiao Decoction can improve the clinical symptoms and quality of life in female patients with OAB to certain extent.