Observations on the Efficacy of Thumbtack Needle Therapy for Senile Recurrent Oral Ulcer of Yin Deficiency and Fire ;Excess Type / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of thumb-tack needle therapy for senile recurrent oral ulcer of yin deficiency and fire excess type. Method Sixty patients cancer pain were allocated, using a random number table, to observation and control groups,30 cases each. The control group gargled with 10 mL compound chlorhexidine mouthwash 5 min twice daily and the observation group received thumbtack needle therapy 6 hrs once daily, on the left and right sides alternately, in addition to treatment given to the control group. The course of treatment was five days in both groups. The clinical therapeutic effects were evaluated after the completion of treatment. The TCM symptom score and the VAS score were recorded before and after treatment. A comparative analysis was carried out. Result The total efficacy rate was 96.7%in the observation group and 83.3%in the control group. It was higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). The TCM symptom score and the VAS score decreased in the observation and control groups after treatment compared with before (P<0.05, P<0.01). They decreased more in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Thumbtack needle therapy has a definite effect on senile recurrent oral ulcer of yin deficiency and fire excess type. It can relieve TCM clinical symptoms and pains in the patients.