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[Observation on therapeutic effect of surround needling plus surround moxibustion on herpes zoster]
Min Zhang1, Ling Qiu, Ji Zhang
1Chengdu Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Sichuan 610016, China. zm859@163.com
Objective:
To search for a better therapy for herpes zoster.
Methods:
Seventy-two cases of herpes zoster were randomly divided into a treatment group of 38 cases treated with surround needling plus surround moxibustion (direct moxibustion at the area of surround needling), and a control group of 34 cases treated with surround needling the margin of the herpes zoster from "the head" to "the tail" of the herpes zoster respectively.
Results:
The 38 cases in the treatment group were cured within 3 days with an effective rate of 97.4%, which was better than 85.3% in the control group (P<0.05), with the herpes stopping and scab time shorten, and incidence of residual neuralgia reduced.
Conclusion:
Surround needling plus surround moxibustion has obvious therapeutic effect on herpes zoster.
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