The third lumbar transverse process syndrome treated by electroacupuncture at huatuojiaji points

32 cases of the third lumbar transverse process syndrome were treated mainly by electroacupuncture at Huatuojiaji points of the first and second lumbar vertebrae, and another 30 cases of the syndrome by conventional acupuncture as the controls. The results showed that treatment by electroacupuncture at Huatuojiaji points was superior in analgesic effect and clinical total effective rate to that by conventional acupuncture. It is considered that the mechanism of treatment by electroacupuncture at Huatuojiaji points is related to the trunk of posterior ramus of the spinal nerve where the points are located.