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[Observation on therapeutic effect of fire needle therapy on facial spasm]
1Section of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hospital of PLA, Chongqing, China. jxj2002_0@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
To compare therapeutic effects of fire needle therapy and filiform needle therapy on facial spasm.
Methods:
One hundred and twenty-seven cases of such disease were divided into two groups. The treatment group (n=79) were treated with fire needle therapy at Taiyang (EX-HN 5), Cuanzhu (BL 2) and Quanliao (SI 18), and the control group (n=48) with filiform needle therapy at the same acupoints as those in the treatment group. Their therapeutic effects were compared.
Results:
The cured rate and the effective rate were 64.6% and 92.4% in the treatment group, and 45.8% and 87.5% in the control group, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Fire needle therapy is an effective therapy for facial spasm, with a therapeutic effect better than that of filiform needle therapy.
