Clinical Observation on Deeply Needling Ciliao (BL32) for Treatment of Prolapse of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc [1]

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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) [3]. 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