He Wei, Zhang Ji, Gu Shi-zhe
Institute of Acupuncture & moxibustion, China Academy of TCM, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2006 May;26(5):331-4.
To observe clinical therapeutic effect of needle-sticking method on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of wind-cold-damp retention type.
Fifty cases of such disease were divided into 2 groups in order of visiting. The treatment group (n = 30) were treated with needle-sticking method, and the control group (n = 20) with routine filiform needle therapy for 2 therapeutic courses. Total cumulative scores, numbers of both the pressure-pain joint and the swollen-distention joint, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), rheumatoid factor (RF), C reaction protein (CRP) before and after treatment were investigated.
Both the needle-sticking method and the filiform needle therapy had an apparent therapeutic effect on RA of wind-cold-damp retention type, and the therapeutic effect for the clinical indexes in the treatment group was better than the control group, with a very significant difference in improvement of RF, the number of pressure-pain joints and the total cumulative scores as the treatment group compared with the control group (P < 0.01).
Needle-sticking method has definite therapeutic effect on RA of wind-cold-damp retention type with obvious superiority.
观察针刺法治疗风寒湿阻型类风湿关节炎（RA）的临床疗效。
将50例该型患者按就诊顺序分为2组。治疗组（n = 30）采用针刺法治疗，对照组（n = 20）采用常规毫针疗法，治疗2个疗程。观察治疗前后的总积分、压痛关节数、肿胀关节数、红细胞沉降率（ESR）、类风湿因子（RF）、C反应蛋白（CRP）。
针刺法和毫针疗法对风寒湿阻型RA均有明显疗效，治疗组临床指标改善情况优于对照组，治疗组与对照组比较，RF、压痛关节数及总积分改善差异有非常显著性意义（P < 0.01）。
针刺法治疗风寒湿阻型RA疗效确切，优势明显。
