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Objective]To summarize Professor Chen Huade’s clinical experience on treatment of hyperactivity of liver yang type vertigo by acupuncture. [Method]By combining with expositions of past dynasties, collecting and analysis of the clinical cases of liver yang type vertigo, to summarize the etiology and pathogenesis of liver yang type vertigo and Professor Chen’s treatment characteristics, and take a case as evidence.[Result]In Professor Chen’s opinion, the basic pathogenesis of hyperactivity of liver yang type vertigo is hepatorenal Yin deficient liver Yang syndrone. Belong to excess in the upper and deficiency in the lower, asthenia in origin and asthenia in superficiality. Based on the theory of “treating disease from the root”,cure this disease by the body acupuncture plus eartip bloodletting therapy, each had a good curative effect.The evidence showed, after the body acupuncture plus eartip bloodletting therapy ten times, vertigo symptom relieved obviously, blood pressure dropped to normal range. In the following up of 3 months, none had a recurrence. [Conclusion]Because of its cheap, non-toxic side effects, significant efficacy, and the characteristics of both symptoms and root causes curing, it is gradually accepted by more and more patients.Professor Chen Huade’s treatment on hyperactivity of liver yang type vertigo by acupuncture has significant effect in clinic which is worth spreading.
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Objective To systematically assess the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for vertigo with excess syndrome. Methods Chinese and English literature about acupuncture treatment of vertigo with excess syndrome published in recent years was comprehensively searched. The quality of the retrieved literature meeting the inclusion criteria of randomized controlled trial was assessed and its data was collected. A Meta analysis of the included studies was carried out.Results Finally, 10 articles with randomized controlled trials containing a total of 688 patients were included in the analysis. The included literature was assessed at lower quality using Cochrane evaluation member manual 5.1. A Meta analysis showed that the efficacy rate of acupuncture treatment for vertigo with excess syndrome was higher than that of Western drugs alone [M-H OR 4.84, 95%CI (2.39, 9.81),P<0.0001]. Combined acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine was superior to Chinese herbal medicine alone [M-H OR 3.82, 95%CI (2.06, 7.10),P<0.0001]. Vertigo symptom and function scoring showed day 3 of treatment [MD 4.66, 95%CI (2.97, 6.35)], day 7 of treatment [MD 0.95, 95%CI (0.03, 1.86)] and day 14 of treatment [MD 0.89, 95%CI (0.71, 2.49)]. There were statistically significant differences in the vertigo symptom and function scores between the two groups of patients at day 3 and 7 of treatment. There were no statistically significant differences in the scores between the two groups of patients at day 14 of treatment. Conclusions Acupuncture or combined acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are effective and highly safe in treating vertigo with excess syndrome, but high-quality, multi-center and large-sample RCT studies still need to be conducted for validation and support.