简介:Objective:Toobservetheeffectofelectroacupuncture(EA)onMeniere'sdisease.Methods:Atotalof114cases(38malesand76females)ofMeniere'sdiseaseweretreatedwithEAofErmen(耳门TE21),Tinggong(听宫SI19),Tinghui(听会GB2),Yifeng(NFDB1风TE17),Fengchi(风池GB20)andBaihui(百会GV20).Thetreatmentwasgiven3timesaweek,9timesaltogether.Follow-upwasmadeattheendofthe3rd,6thand12thmonthsaftertreatment.Results:Follow-upin114patientsshowedthatafterEAtreatment,63cases(55.26%)werecured,30(26.31%)hadremarkableimprovementintheirsymptoms,10(8.77%)respondedwithimprovementand11(9.65%)failedinthetreatment,withatotaleffectiverateof90.35%.Conclusion:EAtreatmentwaseffectiveincontrollingMeniere'sdiseasepatients'symptomsandreducingattack.
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简介:'Mountainburningmanipulation(烧山火)'and'heavenlycool-inducingtechnique(透天凉)'wereearlyseeninGreatCompletionofAcupunctureandMoxibustion:PoemofGoldenNeedle(《针灸大全·金针赋》)writtenbyXuFenginMingdynasty,whicharethebasisofreinforcingandreducingmanipulationofacupuncture.Insuchneedlingmanipulations,severalconditionsareconsidered,suchasthespeedofinsertionandwithdrawalofneedle,liftingandthrustingofneedle,nineyangnumberandsixyinnumber,aswellasopenorcloseofpointafterwithdrawal;additionally,theneedlingmanipulationsareaccomplishedinthreelayers,namedheaven,earthandhumanbeing.Themanipulationsofthesetwotechniquesarecomplicatedandarenoteasilymastered,therefore,thesuccessfulrateoftheclinicalapplicationisratherlowandthemanybeginnersfeeldifficultinlearning.Inrecent20years,onthebasisoftheoriginaltechniques,byconstantdiscussion,akindofsimplemanipulationhasbeendevelopedandthesuccessoftheoperationbecomesquitehigh.During10years,from1978to1997,bythestatisticalanalysisontheclinicaldataof'mountainburningmanipulation(烧山火)'and'heavenlycool-inducingtechnique(透天凉)',thesuccessfulrateinclinichadbeenover90%.Thefollowingistheintroductiononthemodifiedoperation,stepsandclinicalapplication.