ABSTRACT
Objective] To evaluate therapeutic effect of fire needle therapy on lumbar disc herniation in comparison with conventional acupuncture method, and with a view to find out a acupuncture method which is more effective and easier to promote. [Methods] Using randomized control ed study method, 78 cases of patients with lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, the treatment group using fire needle insertion, the control group using normol acupuncture method, one treatment for three times ,for curative effect evaluation after treatment. [Results] The treatment group and control group in cure,effective and invalid were 87.2%, 12.8%, 0, and 66.7%, 33.3%, 0 repectively, treatment group cure rate compared with the control group had significant differences( P<0.05). [Conclusion] The combination of fire needle with normal acupuncture is better than normal acupuncture on the effect.