Chen Zhong-xin
Section of Rehabilitation, Sanmenxia City Central Hospital, Henan 472000, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2007 Aug;27(8):578-80.
To find out an effective acupuncture and moxibustion therapy for allergic rhinitis.
One hundred and thirty-five cases were randomly divided into a treatment group, a control group I , and a control group II , 45 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with acupuncture at Yingxiang (LI 20), Shangyingxiang (EX-HN 8), Yintang (EX-HN 3), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13); the control group I with Yingxiang (LI 20), Shangyingxiang (EX-HN 8), Yintang (EX-HN 3), Hegu (LI 4), and the control group II with oral administration of Biyankang tablets, 4 tablets each time, thrice each day. Acupuncture was given one session daily, 10 sessions constituting one course. Their therapeutic effects were compared after treatment of 2 courses and were followed up a half year later.
The total effective rate was 91.1% in the treatment group, 71.1% in the control group I and 46.7% in the control group II, with a significant difference among the 3 groups (P<0.05), and with a significant difference in the recurrence rate one year later among the cured cases of the 3 groups (P<0.05).
Acupuncture has a definite therapeutic effect on allergic rhinitis, with a better result by acupuncture with the anterior and posterior acupoint association method.
探寻一种治疗过敏性鼻炎的有效针灸疗法。
将135例患者随机分为治疗组、对照组Ⅰ和对照组Ⅱ，每组45例。治疗组采用针刺迎香（LI 20）、上迎香（EX-HN 8）、印堂（EX-HN 3）、合谷（LI 4）、风池（GB 20）、大椎（GV 14）、肺俞（BL 13）；对照组Ⅰ针刺迎香（LI 20）、上迎香（EX-HN 8）、印堂（EX-HN 3）、合谷（LI 4）；对照组Ⅱ口服鼻炎康片，每次4片，每日3次。针刺每日1次，10次为1个疗程。治疗2个疗程后比较疗效，并于半年后随访。
治疗组总有效率为91.1%，对照组Ⅰ为71.1%，对照组Ⅱ为46.7%，3组比较差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）；3组治愈病例1年后复发率比较差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。
针灸治疗过敏性鼻炎有确切疗效，采用前后配穴法针刺效果更佳。
