Exploring specificity of acupoints for treatment of prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, 180 cases were randomly divided into a treatment group 120 cases, and a control group 60 cases. The two groups were treated with acupuncture, traction and massage therapy. For the treatment group, the routine acupoints were selected plus deeply needling
Ciliao (BL32). For the control group, only the routine acupoints were needled. And the other treatments were same in the two groups.
Results: The total effective rate was 97.5% in the treatment group and 88.3%in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups. After a half year following survey, the recurrence rate was 8.6%in the treatment group, and 20.8%in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups.
Key Words: deeply needling, BL32, prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc
Writer: Pingwu Xue
Section of Rehabilitation, People's Hospital of Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Hubei 443400, China
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